Word: rigidity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first championship game, was very praiseworthy. With one or two exceptions, the impartiality of the audience, in so far as it was composed of Harvard men, deserves commendation. This is a matter about which we cannot be too careful, especially since one of the arguments of those who favor rigid restrictions in intercollegiate athletics is the alleged ungentlemanly conduct of the students during the contests. The base-ball season has thus opened very auspiciously for us, and our only hope is that the present success may continue...
...winter. Besides the periodic lectures, it is intended to have some plays which will serve to increase the interest in the society and will help along the social side. The expense in fitting up the room has called for an extra subscription from the members, and consequently the most rigid economy is necessary. It is hoped that the Deutscher Verein will find it for its advantage to use the room also for their meetings and so the expense would be less felt. To all those men in college who have a fair knowledge of French and who would take...
Princeton has laid down rigid requirements for applicants for the degrees Ph. D. and LL.D. They must pass satisfactory entrance and final examinations, they must be Bachelors of Art, and must pursue a special course of study in their department for two years, one year of which period must be in Princeton...
...period shall be in Princeton, or a course of three years with residence outside of Princeton. The course in either case shall be under the supervision of the faculty. At his application, the candidate will be subjected to a preliminary examination, and at the conclusion of his course, a rigid examination will be required of him on the chief subject and the two subsidiary subjects which he has studied. Before getting his degrees and prior to the final examination, a thesis of not less than 12,000 words will be required of him. He also shall...
...president and the authorities of the university have now for several years evinced an increasing desire to rely less upon rigid rules and more upon undergraduate good feeling and good sense in all matters pertaining to the good character of the undergraduates and that of the university. Let Harvard men, one and all, prove their worthiness of this confidence by combining to put the law of social contempt and condemnation upon a practice, which has more than once been eagerly caught up by those jealous of the increasing reputation of Harvard to vent their spleen against the university. All would...