Word: periodic
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Many people seem to suppose that at some epoch in the life of a young man the capacity to choose starts up of itself, ready made. It is not so. Choice, like other human powers, needs practice for strength. Keep a boy from exercising his will during the formative period from eighteen to twenty-two, and you turn him into the world a child, when by years he should be a man. To permit choice is dangerous, but not to permit it is more dangerous. For building up a moral manhood, the very errors of choice are serviceable...
...period of the year which is given up to exercise in the gymnasium has arrived; and with it have come all the peculiarities of such a period. The stranger who enters the gymnasium for the first time is astonished at the great number of athletic uniforms bearing designations pecular to class teams. He at once remarks upon the great size of our athletic organizations. He is much surprised, however, when he is informed that the beautiful display of crimson letters and figures is not a mark of distinction, but a badge of 'varsity. The slender figure proudly bearing the talismanic...
Probation indicates that a student is in serious danger of separation from college. When a student has been put on probation, whether for a stated period or not, he can be restored to full standing only by a special vote of the faculty. While on probation, he is not permitted to compete for any prizes or honors offered by the college, nor will he be recommended for a degree. If, after a reasonable period of trial, his conduct is still unsatisfactory, his probation may be closed, and his connection with the college shall then cease...
...have become totally deaf. The Record pays him the following very worthy tribute: "In the old university town, no one has endeared himself so much as the good doctor; his benignant glance, beaming through his gold spectacles, has been a perpetual encouragement to the students, and during the long period in which he was Plummer professor of Christian morals he gained alike their respect and love...
...state of society, however, was very uncivilized. "Simple crimes like murder and theft," when once proved were quickly dealt with. There was a brief period of a wide-spread, well organized society, yet it did not last, for it was not founded on moral instinct which is a necessary foundation of all stable order. The treason of carelessness was the greatest sin of the early Californian, and for it he was obliged to severely atone...