Word: respected
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...farm-house in which our Crew was quartered the past three years is certainly too cramped, besides being in a very hot situation. It is at some distance from the boat-house, and is devoid of any shade or shelter from trees. In this respect, the Yale crew has the better position. But if a frame house could be built, somewhere near the boat-house on the pine-clad little promontory that juts out into the river, to be the property of the University Boat Club, the fullest requirements of the Crew would be met; for they are undisturbed here...
...Dealing with the matter in the light of a considerable experience, the Faculty determined to adopt the simple provision with respect to students of all classes, that habitual absence is prima facie evidence that the student is not fulfilling the purposes of his residence at the University, and calls for inquiry, explanation, and such action as may be found fitted to the special circumstances, and that irregularity of attendance, unless accompanied by good scholarship, is to be treated and regarded in the same way. No scale of penalties is stated, and no precise line of absences or scholarship is given...
...proof is that "J. N. M." contradicts himself. Think of this! I charge the Brethren with halfness, with not having bravery enough to take a decided stand, either Orthodox or Liberal; with leaving its constitution in such a way that no Unitarian or Universalist can, with self respect, join the society - for such could be members not by virtue of a clean-cut statement of the constitution, but by its "fair" interpretation, which means by twisting it. This I charge, and I am told that I am honest and fair, but - contradict myself! Not a single argument is brought...
...visited the English universities, and seen the tablets and flags with the names of crews for many years past, will remember with what interest he saw on the long roll of oarsmen men who afterwards became famous in almost every walk of life. Harvard, in this respect, is sadly lacking, one reason being that our athletic prominence extends no farther back than half a generation; but it is necessary to make a beginning in this respect. This was done in the case of the ball nine in 1878, and of the races last year. Tablets recording the first three class...
...could I do more than respect...