Word: publicly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...When the public hear that a student stands high in his class at Harvard, the public applaud; but we who have been made acquainted, know better what it means. It means that being a person of ability and application in the first place, he has likewise been fortunate in the choice of "soft" electives and - pardon the expression - "soft" instruction...
Nicholas's voice is a rare one, full, rich, and uncultivated, yet very sweet withal. I remember that often, crossing the Public Garden, and hearing the familiar voice singing, under a Beacon Hill window, I have had the bad taste to sit down upon one of the benches to listen, and imagine myself in Italy hearing a lover serenade his lady. Once indeed, on a June morning, when the birds twittered and Nicholas sang so that I forgot my annual awaiting me, I followed him up and down, until, meeting a severely critical friend, I basely shielded myself by asserting...
...occupy enviable positions in the Cadet Corps and other "crack" militia organizations of similar character. The other has on its shingle H. U. R. C., - in full, Harvard University Rifle Club, - and although such discipline is observed in it as to insure the safety of its members and the public at large, still it has a constitutional provision that guards against anything resembling military organization. The practice of "off-hand" rifle-shooting was the end for which it was originated by the Class of '77. By that class it was left to the University without debt, and with considerable property...
...article, we venture to make a few extracts. No little stress is laid on the fact that English universities have abandoned the field of professional education, while the best-organized American universities have begun to make "professional education a successful and important part of their service to the public...
...debaters. The experiment is the result of a desire, on the part of those who regulate the instruction given in college, to develop among the students an ability "to think on their legs," and in this way to become fitted to take a more prominent place in public affairs. Should the experiment be found successful, probably a new elective in the art of debate will be offered next year...