Word: possession
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...takes place. To insure the election of men who will conduct the meetings in a manner consistent with the dignity of the society, every member should feel it his duty to attend. Often the success of such societies is imperiled at the outset by placing in office men who possess only the slightest knowledge of parliamentary rules, or whose interest soon fags after they receive the honor of an election. As the only society at Harvard devoted exclusively to debate and practice in parliamentary procedure the Union has become one of the permanent fixtures of the university. It has ever...
...Allen's build, and resembles him somewhat in his general style of catching. Various changes were made in pitchers, Ferry, '86, Litchfield, '87, and Bingham, '89, all tried their hand at it. Bingham is of short, stocky build, throws a very swift ball with sharp curves, and seems to possess a cool head. Litchfield, '89, is a brother of Litchfield, '87. He is a very good all-around player and will develope into an excellent catcher. Weed, '86, was away from college last year and has played ball but little in college. He, however, has the making of a good...
...warm months. But a zealous student finds during his collegiate term that he has but little time to devote to collateral reading, and is only allowed by pressure of circumstances to gather a list of those books which he deems it his duty to read subsequently when he shall possess more leisure. But if this is neglected, the student falls into the ever ready snare of summer reading. The inadequacy of college life for many of our higher intellectual needs has at length come to be recognized, and several of the instructors have directed their attention to courses of reading...
...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 on its members, must be narrow and must...
...they express their opinions, whether favorable or unfavorable, freely, the college is in a measure, thrown into their power. These circulations about life at Harvard do great injury in their way, and ought to be stopped. The only way to check such ideas is for the authors to possess themselves of facts, before their make statements that are, mainly, fictitious, and are the outcomings of narrow minds...