Word: phrase
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that the merry mid-years are holding high carnival in our midst, we are, or ought to be, capable of appreciating the agony of the man who finds himself confronted by some phrase of a dead or unfamiliar living language which he cannot, for the life of him, translate. No true Harvard man, however, will give up the attempt to construe a sentence because of any such trivial obstacle as total ignorance of its meaning. A good guess is not without its value, and if the guesser fails to hit within forty rows of apple trees of his mark...
...addition that the rooms where examinations are held will be kept at a respectable temperature. Neither a very cold nor a very warm room is favorable to prolonged mental activity. Again we hope that instructors, proctors, and students will treat their examinations fairly. "College honor" is no thoughtless phrase, and it should appeal to everyone who would be called a "College...
Students life, as a Harvard man understands the phrase, does not exist at the University of Athens. Thus far no dormitories or dining halls have been put up for the students by the authorities, and the students are obliged to lodge and board in the city, where to be sure they find quarters at very reasonable rates. Yet they are drawn together in some degree by the few university societies that exist, such as the Historical Society, the Plato Club (Philosophical), the Solon Club (Law), and the Hippocrates Club (Medical...
Boys' colleges and girls' boarding schools are noted as being the nurseries and hot beds of slang. Indeed, we would really think something was wanted if we did not occasionally hear a slang word or phrase in the conversation of a college student. We are, to be sure, condemned without stint by purists and over-sensative people for what they call the murdering of the English language. There are slang words which are weak, puerile, nonsensical; but there are others which express thoughts with a greater force and clearness than do any words in good repute. For example, what word...
...years ago, and it may be safely stated even at the present time, in some portions of the country no phrase was more potent to dissuade parents from sending their sons to the leading American college than that of "Harvard Unitarianism." Putting aside all discussion of the religious question, how could such an absurd idea take possession of peoples minds that Harvard college was not only a training school for the mental qualities of its students, but also for their religious morals? "Any college that gives a preference for any one belief in religion and enforces such a belief...