Word: past
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recent years. I believe that the professors in the literary department are agreed in the opinion that the introduction of the elective system into the last two or two and a half years of the collegiate courses has contributed much to this result. There has been in years past much undiscriminating criticism by some ultra-conservative college officers in the East of any attempt at modifying the iron-clad curriculum. But it is noteworthy that the very colleges which have been the sources of this criticism are themselves introducing the elective system into the latter half of the course...
Whereas the Committee on Athletics has advised the Faculty that the game of foot-ball has been much improved during the past season: - Voted, on recommendation of the Committee, that the Faculty prohibition of inter collegiate games of foot-ball, adopted Jan. 6, 1885, be now withdrawn...
...publish in another column the announcement that the old order of inter-collegiate foot-ball has been accorded us by the faculty. This action has been anticipated for some time, and proves that the faculty are open to reason when that reason is well based. The past season, which has been so successfully given up to class contests, will prove to have been a valuable period of recuperation when the crimson is again brought to face her old opponents on the field. We have by this rest been enabled to bring more players into active competition than by any other...
...life. Here is but the beginning. When we have lived our little college life and passed out into the life of the world, the true life, we can appreciate as at no other time the sincerity of our college attachments and our college feelings, And it is in our past-collegiate life that we are to gain the best results from college societies. It is then that looking back upon the happiest period of our lives, we can understand the real significance and the immense value of college societies. Much has been said of late concerning the uselessness and therefore...
...Mott Haven team met yesterday afternoon at the gymnasium at a quarter past four o'clock. The number of the candidates was fair for a first call, but a large proportion of the heavy-weight men did not put in an appearance. The candidates are to be divided into three classes, and each class will go into a different kind of training. Yesterday the heavy-weight men, such as candidates for throwing the hammer, putting the shot, tug of-war, etc., were represented only by Gibson, '88, who for this time exercised in the class of runners, jumpers...