Word: passe
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...those buildings many times, that Lafayette was received by President Kirkland on the steps of University? . . . Certainly much interest and charm, and much stimulus to high thought and noble life are lost to the students at Harvard who never wake to the fact that it is their privilege to pass three or four years amid scenes dignified by the recollection of great men. . . . The associations, many of them priceless, are here; is it not worth while to cultivate the faculty which apprehends them...
...college of any memorial tablets to mark places of historic interest. As the writer says, "Certainly much interest and charm, and much stimulus to high thought and noble life, are lost to the students at Harvard who never wake to the fact that it is their privilege to pass three or four years amid scenes dignified by the recollections of great...
...order to improve the physical quality of young men who come to college, they should be required to pass such a physical examination upon entering as would give evidence of their ability to pursue the course with profit, and do good service after graduation...
...second half the ball was taken to Harvard's 10 yard line. Here Harvard got the ball on a fumble, and soon forced it back to Yale's 35 yard line. By a double pass Knox made 20 yards around Yale's right end, and on the next play went through the line on another trick for a touchdown...
...result is an awkward hesitancy on both sides which is apt soon to be turned into a careless disregard. It is not right that such men as President Eliot, Professors Norton, Child, Goodwin, Lane and Whitney, and the distinguished preachers to the University should pass about among Harvard men with only an occasional recognition. Such men deserve to receive every mark of respect...