Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recall with pleasure our association with him in our college life. As a student he took high rank among us by diligent and careful work. At the same time he entered actively into the sports and into the social and religious life of the college. But it was by his personal qualities that he won the affections of his immediate friends and the respect of all. His life was marked by the high purposes, the honesty, and the purity of a christian character. His bearing was manly and kindly toward...
Entering Harvard in 1887, be at once brought the college team well in the front rank and himself made a brilliant record. He went in first in the Harvard-Longwood match, and carried his bat all through the inning for 61; duplicated this feat the following week against the Mystics for 39 runs; at the end of the spring term, had the magnificent average of 59.50, and his average for the year was: 6 inning, twice not out 149 runs, average 37.25. His bowling average the same year reads: 336 balls, 15 maidens, 23 wickets, 90 runs-average...
...words, as the natives do not make the simplest generalization; whole ideas are expressed by single words, and everything marks a primitive phase of human life. This is even more clearly shown in their weapons and other instruments. The civil customs are similar to those of other people who rank low in civilization. Their religious ideas are very limited; there is no idolatry among the Australians, but their few religions conceptions take the form of the lowest superstitions. To civilization, and Christianity they have not proved susceptible; they are without future, without home, without hope-a doomed people...
...most of them bright and entertaining. The first editorial discusses the new regulation in regard to registration. After condemning this rule as a possible "sop to Cerberus," the leader closes as follows: "We admit the principle of the resolution is indisputably correct, but we protest against it as rank injustice unless it be accompanied by longer recesses." The system of special reports is next criticised as "carried greatly to excess," so that many are crowded into a short period, and thus "men are overburdened with work." In the last editorial an improvement in the elective list, as recently suggested...
...alumni membership of 4045. The editorials and news items concern the doings of the various Greek letter societies. The larger part of the number is taken up by letters from the chapters which show that the active chapters are all in a flourishing condition and that their members rank well both in scholarship and athletics...