Word: reformers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...been said that universities are the last places into which reform penetrates; but we feel that there is a tendency in the right direction here. If the German system were adopted, Harvard would no longer train up hot-house scholars, but men who would put forth their best energies, not for marks, but to assimilate their studies...
...which should surpass that of our sister paper in both ardor and length. We thought it prudent, however, to wait the arrival of the marks before acknowledging their receipt, and we do not regret our caution. The first marks did, indeed, appear like the harbingers of the much-desired reform, but their appearance has been followed by a calm of such protracted suspense that it has become impossible for us to carry out our cherished plan of an eloquent editorial. That the so-called marking system has become a trite butt of undergraduate indignation we are well aware; but when...
...recognize the utility of lighting that dark corner too much to give again a pretext for taking it away. The Weld entries are proverbially uncomfortable, on account of both the darkness at all seasons and the cold in winter that pervade them. This, at least, is a step toward reform; and, doubtless, it depends only on the conduct of the students themselves to get rid of many relics of a similarly barbaric nature...
Hoping that you will be able to start a reform, I remain...
...heard, find it too much trouble to open the hymn-book, or even to sing when some obliging neighbor finds the place for them. It seems a pity to have one of the best musicians in the country play the accompaniment to so small a volume of music. Reform is necessary, and reform is to be accomplished only by each one that can sing taking part...