Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...nonsensical. What I propose is nothing less than that ale or beer be allowed at dinner. The arguments usually advanced against the introduction of this healthy drink at Memorial are perfectly ludicrous. It is silly to suppose that men would for an instant so far forget their self-respect as to drink to excess. The use of ale or beer is a time-honored and a cherished custom of English commons, where no one has ever thought of any evil being attendant upon...
...some few occasional lectures a success. It is true that in certain subjects voluntary lectures are always popular at Harvard. Thus Dr. Sargent's and Dr. James' courses always secure satisfactory audiences; perhaps for the reason that they treat of thoroughly practical and important subjects, and in this respect afford a certain relief to routine labor in more abstruse branches. The lectures of the Natural History Club also are always popular. But on the other hand, there has lately been a noticeable falling off in attendance at evening readings, a most admirable institution, as all have acknowledged. And in general...
...general competent and thorough in their routine work of instruction, there is an evident need of a presiding authority in several cases who shall direct and advance the work and methods used. Last year several conspicuous additions were made to the classical department, and the example set in this respect might be profitably followed in the other departments where there is perhaps a more urgent necesity for immediate and decided action. With the death of Professor Peirce, succeeded, however, by Professor Byerly, and the retirement of Professors Hedge, Peabody and Dunbar, and the absence of Professors Cooke and Nash...
...absence of any single sculls. The place fairly swarms at certain hours of the afternoon with the numerous candidates for the four class crews and the 'Varsity, but amid all these devotees to aquatic sports there appear no single scullers. When we remember Harvard's former glory in this respect, and the honors gained by her representatives abroad, as well as the well-contested victories in exciting local races, we feel that there exists at present a lamentable lack of interest in this kind of sport previously so popular and commendable. With '79 and '80 our former champions left college...
...judgment can fairly be made from a single number, and that a first issue, it seems likely that the Tiger may prove itself sometime a rival by no means to be despised. Of course every college journal is first and foremost a local journal, and therefore in this respect there can be no rivalry between these three papers ; but on the ground of general merit there must inevitably be a considerable struggle between them. Naturally we doubt if the Lampoon is in any imminent danger of being surpassed by either the Spectator or the Tiger, but a healthy and friendly...