Word: respect
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...half an hour one day last week, and a large part of the table in the alcove was covered with the books removed, greatly to the inconvenience of those who wished to write, some of whom were obliged to give it up for the time, The library should respect its own rules, and take measures to procure the abatement of this nuisance...
...Record in speaking of the Princetonian affair says: The attitude of the Princeton faculty toward the students is in many respects in marked contrast to that of the Harvard and Yale faculties toward the students under their control. Evidently at Princeton there is a great veneration for old customs and traditions, which precludes a just comprehension of more modern ideas. This is evinced in the various actions taken by the faculty in regard to athletics. These consist of aggressive restrictions whose haste and indiscretion has to be repented in almost immediate concessions. But even these so-called concessions are sufficiently...
...illustrations are "pretty bad." We do not pretend that they are the highest of high art-but if you consider them "pretty bad," I pity your artistic tastes, full as much as I have done, your literary ones in respect to the "Gul," at least as well as the other college annuals...
...some men the suppression of such a practice means more than the success of the hall itself. Many will feel that their self-respect demands that they leave an institution which cannot enforce upon its members the behavior which characterizes gentlemen. It becomes merely a stubborn contest between those who believe that Harvard men should in all cases and under all circumstances, behave like gentlemen and those who doubt this and express their doubt by their actions. In such a contest, we regret to say, the latter seem at present to have the advantage, but we hope that the action...
...representation in the national legislature. And by the salarying of members of the Reichstag, a better representation of the statesmanship of the country would be obtained. As the great personal expense incumbent on each member of the Reichstag, deters many men from becoming candidates, who are fitted in every respect to take a prominent place in the management of national affairs. But the mere fact that no salary is attached to the office deters many men from seeking who would be likely to devote themselves more to their personal interests than those of their constituents. In Germany, what is here...