Word: respectful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that is, the small importance they attach to their opinions about everything relating to the conduct of life-everything, in short, outside the special subject which the professor teaches. It is a rare thing to find a graduate of one of our leading colleges who has brought away any respect for the faculty in any character but that of men of learning. As men of the world, or as social or moral philosophers, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that he contemns them and contemns their calling. Now and then a professor of unusual force or shrewdness or attainment...
...speaker said in brief: Germany of today offers a wonderful sight. Situated in the midst of powerful states, she has risen above all her neighbors in every respect-in power, in arts, in literature. Twenty-five years ago she was almost the toy of her neighbors. Now,' however, owing to her powerful army and navy and to a liberal policy, she can be fairly called the leading state in Europe. Another important factor in this resuscitation was the growth of national feeling. The Germans of all ranks and conditions-prince and burgher, wealthy and poor-all began to be filled...
...allowed to published a detailed report of Mr. Walcott's liberal, candid, and straightforward explanation of the reasons of the Board of Overseers in making the recent recommendations. The students owe him a debt of gratitude for the way in which he made plain that in almost every respect the votes of the Overseers are not hostile to the broadest, highest, and most progressive aim of Harvard, but that they will serve to establish on a firmer basis the present policy of college government...
...school since 1870-81 classified according to their states and countries; and college graduates classified by colleges If the students in the Law School are divided into graduates of Harvard, those of other colleges, and non-graduates, the first group alone seems to be governed by any law in respect to increase or diminution of numbers. The number of non-graduates has ranged from 22 to 52. It seems on the whole to be on the decline, although at its highest mark this year. No less than 124 different colleges have sent graduates to Harvard to study...
...over the five numbers which are comprised in the volume, we come readily to the conclusion that the editors of the magazine deserve the hearty congratulations of all Harvard men for the success they have met in their endeavors to stimulate the literary work of the students. In one respect the editors of this volume have surpassed their predecessors. namely, in the editorials which have been written, first, to protest against abuses which have grown up under our system; and, second, to foster a better spirit between the faculty and students by means of the removal of misunderstandings...