Word: previously
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...courses of study which will lead them in practical work in after life, the better for them. Courses in French, English Literature and Fine Arts make good conversationalists; but they help one but little in the stern realities of a legal or business career. Men ought to think previously how they are drifting, before they make their election of courses; for they frequently lose all track of their previous education, their previous convictions, and their previous manner of thinking, by dabbling in the pleasant but deceptive waters of philosophy and art. It is a certain fact that only...
...after-dinner speech at the Harvard celebration last November. He alluded to the debt that all American colleges owe to the old university for the bold spirit of experiment that has led to the recognition of the difference in value between the traditional, customary, and conventional methods, inherited from previous generations, and the new, fresh, original methods, that contribute their share to the advance of the age. Any thing, he said, rather than stagnation in educational matters. Certainly there is no stagnation at Harvard, and the many changes of the last fifteen years seem only to prepare...
...candidates for the nine have been at work in the gymnasium under the direction of Captain Willard since the close of the Christmas recess. The men are doing the minimum amount of training this year instead of the maximum amount which has been done in previous years. Men have sometimes complained of overtraining, but it is hoped this trouble will be avoided this year. At present the work consists of light dum-bell, exercise, playing hand ball, and practising sliding. In addition to this the battries practise three times a week, and all the candidates pass ball more or less...
...clock on Saturday, instead of closing at eleven. It was no more than rational that so reasonable a demand on the part of the students should by speedily granted. This opportunity to do additional laboratory work will be gladly embraced by a large number of men who found the previous time too short...
...been adopted by which, it is hoped, the college record for the running high jump may be considerably raised. Handicap trials are to be held in the Gymnasium for seven or eight successive weeks, at which each man is to be handicapped according to the record he made the previous week. At the end the prize will be awarded to the one who has won the greatest number of trials. Besides those training under the Athletic Association, the candidates for the university and class crews and for the nine are all well started in their regular course of training...