Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that is fostered here. But I protest against the extreme to which the culture of the conventional and the worship of the proper is carried in this University. It is true the Harvard man of to-day has admirable tact, a useful amount of self-possession, and a praiseworthy respect for appearance. But these are negative virtues and if unduly developed are worse than useless. We must have more positive qualities if we are to win foot ball matches, base ball games, and races at New London. Let every man of brains and energy feel it his duty to oppose...
...thing of the past at Amherst. And this change is due to the growth of Greek-letter societies, which have come to occupy first place in the loyalty of the students. Amherst secret societies are not to be confounded with class societies, for they are different in every respect. At Amherst a man joins a society in his freshman year, and continues his connection with it during the four years. Many attempts have been made to establish class societies; but their term of existence is generally short. At present there is no such society in college, if we except...
Many complaints have been made already in respect to the crowd of news boys who infest the steps and transept of Memorial at dinner time. There are many remedies for this troublesome custom. The simplest one is to have a stand or desk placed near the door and have all the evening papers sold there, and there only, by a couple of boys, under the control of some reliable news dealer. The management of the Hall promises to keep the transept clear of boys, if the students will help by buying their papers at the stand, and there only...
...proportion of the different parts of the body, he began his observations by an extended series of measurements. His next aim was to test the strength of the most important parts, for although as a rule, the girths of the different limbs represent the potential strength of their respective muscles, yet there are many exceptions, and the measurements have to be confirmed by an actual strength test. These trials were made by means of three spring-dynamometers, a spirometer, manometer, a pair of suspended rings and a set of parallel bars. The tests were limited to the back, legs, chest...
...annual expenses in Cambridge will be less than $550, not including a small spread which I will give Class Day. While I have not spent money needlessly, I have not pinched myself at all and have been fortunate in obtaining low-priced rooms. It is in this respect alone that Harvard is necessarily more expensive than many other American colleges...