Word: reflection
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...subscribe for tickets at one dollar apiece, and before final arrangements are made with Mr. Arnold one hundred and twenty-five dollars must be raised to pay expenses. We think it would be a lasting shame to Harvard College and its students if this plan fell through. It would reflect so seriously and prove so completely our indifference when the opportunity is so unusual that we are almost ashamed to mention the possibility of failure...
...seems to us that it may be well at the beginning of another college year to call attention once more to the abuse of the freedom of the yard, which is noticeable in the behavior of many of its frequenter. Of course these remarks are not intended to reflect upon the respectable Cantabrigians who pass through the yard daily on their way to and from their places of business or in pursuit of pleasure, for they know how to be have. But we do call especial attention to those who from their ignorance or youth are not to be expected...
...advance that has been made in public opinion within the last twenty years. 'The old order changeth, giving place to the new,' and it has always been the glory and the boast of Harvard that she keeps abreast of the popular current. Yet even Harvard may well pause and reflect before she breaks away so entirely from the old moorings, before she gives the sanction of her great example to measures so revolutionary...
...understand that the managers of the Freshman crew are meeting with some difficulty in securing the payment of the subscriptions which have been made by the members of the class. We hope that the mere mention of the fact will cause every one to reflect upon the trouble which is thus occasioned the managers, and by so doing bring about a speedy removal of this source of annoyance...
...university that is noted for the liberality of its scholarship system gives it a new and greater interest. It is generally thought that the best disposal a man could make of his money was to found some scholarships in a college which would aid the poor student and reflect credit upon the profession which the student entered...