Word: reasoner
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...which you will forget to pay. Your name will be posted, but nobody will read it. And in the end you will resign, having gained no advantage except a certificate of membership. The truth is that French clubs and German clubs and chess clubs have no real reason for existence, and their life is consequently very artificial. A respectable literary society is sometimes worth joining. Other serious organizations I should advise you to avoid...
...same thing as feeling as if you were in heaven. In my time these societies were great political powers. When any class elections came, they would divide the various offices between themselves, and walk off with them, regardless of opposition. This fact gave them a reason for existence which made them, though they were not very entertaining, very popular indeed. I am told, however, that their days of power are numbered, - that the outsiders have mustered this year, and borne off in triumph the offices which the poor old societies thought were theirs by right. If this is true...
...with debt. The money from the Freshmen will be a great help towards placing the club on a sound financial basis. From the Freshmen aid is of course expected, and this money already subscribed will go to make up the quota assessed upon the class. We have no reason to suppose that the class looks at the matter in a different light from that in which we regard it; and we can assure them that by handing over this money to the H. U. B. C. they will do what is for the best interest of the University...
...from the mental condition of many of the young men." Forensics they discovered to be only another name for themes, and they found (what we had not realized) increasing interest in theme-writing. They commend the plan of requiring each theme to be entirely rewritten, and can see no reason why themes should not be required of Freshmen and Seniors. They think that in Political Economy the field should be enlarged so as to include "a survey of the political arrangements under which men live, instead of being confined, as at present, to the laws which govern the production...
...much for the proposal. Without meaning to be taken seriously, the World has suggested something that might suit the inclinations of our athletic men. Such expeditions have repeatedly been made by Russian officers from Siberia, and if by Russian officers, why not by Harvard students? But we see no reason why base-ball and boating should be sacrificed. Experience has taught us that we have always room for one more interest to support, be it Rifle Club or Athletic Association. If a shingle be prepared, with a seal bearing the device of a crimson flag floating from the North Pole...