Word: passing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...such as "The Student Life at Harvard," and then imagine that all young men here follow the course of its hero. Others will read the life of some famous graduate, and from this will be led to believe that all students, in their thirst for knowledge, overwork themselves, and pass through such a course of discipline and self denial...
...will allow one under its influence to enter some charmed circle, as it were, where all is lovely and everything is in his power. Others think our college is the very hot-bed of extravagance and ruinous habits, and that it is impossible for anyone now-a days to pass four years within its classic walls without being misguided...
Finally, avoid unnecessary promenading. Limit yourselves to your beats as we are limited to our seats, and depend more on vigilance of eye than on pedestrian awfulness. Do not continually pass between us and the windows; and please, please, sweet proctors, hang over our shoulders as little as possible. Don't stand, like the Devil, behind our backs, but pose in the foreground that we may be constantly encouraged by your inspiring presence...
...free from recitations, and therefore open to exercise by the college athletic teams. The News takes occasion to boast that "there is no other institution in the country" which possesses "a strong enough love for their college or a general enough appreciation of her needs, to pass such resolutions." Some of our more ardent friends of the prayer petition are inclined to contend that in this very particular Harvard is still at the van, for by abolishing compulsory prayers, our athletic teams can, if necessary, employ the additional time thus gained in athletic work. But without considering the matter from...
...ceremonies attendant upon acquiring the degree of Ph. D. in Germany. A title which not a few of us hope to obtain. The main requirements are that the student write an extensive thesis in the study of which he makes his specialty, and that besides he be prepared to pass an oral examination in any two other subjects. For instance a medical student would write his thesis on a medical subject and stand prepared in Philosophy and Chemistry, or any two other subjects, akin to his main study...