Word: riches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...upon the following gentlemen to respond to toasts: "Class of '77, " Mr. F. S. Coolidge; " 'Varsity Crew," Mr. T. P. Burgess; "Varsity Nine," Mr. F. B. Wiestling; "Class Crew," Mr. R. F. Fiske; "Athletic Association," Mr. F. Remington; "Mott Haven Team," Mr. H. L. Clark; "CRIMSON," Mr. E. J. Rich; "Advocate," Mr. W. Wetherbee; "Lampoon," Mr. E. B. Stuart; "Sophomore Regions," Mr. W. Endicott; "Eighty eight," Mr. J. S. Whistler...
...same end in view, and teach mainly the same subjects. Why is it then that this one assumes, and has a right to assume, a title of supremacy over all the others? At first there seem to be many causes that act together to give this result. Fortunate location, rich endowments, noted professors, are some of them. One of the principal causes of college supremacy, however, is found in the students. These young men go to college to be moulded into something better, and the success of this moulding process depends more on the ambition of the student than...
...rich and gallant Knight, Sir Sawney...
Consider the situation. The man whose education is based on the rich experience of six thousand years is brought into daily intercourse with the man whose ideas are but the crude generalizations attained to in five thousand nine hundred and seventy. Their natural ability may be equal; but the difference in their points of view is tremendous. Fathers, as is well known, are never progressive; the standards of their early manhood are retained,-and they are long supplanted standards. As for mothers, the case is even worse, for their ideals are those of the maternal grandfather...
...following members spoke from the floor: affirmative, Storrow, '87; Duane, '88; Furber, '87; Rich, '87; Robinson, '85; J. W. Richardson, 86; negative; Bailey, '88; Dana, L. S.; Merriam, '86; Sternbergh, '87. The vote on the merits of the question was affirmative 24, negative, 7; on the weight of argument of principal disputants; affirmative, 12; negative, 14. The debate as a whole was decided in the affirmative...