Word: scorns
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard, preconcerted and encouraged by Princeton's rival, Yale, in which proposition is made to withdraw from the foot ball league at once, and which ends luckily in the withdrawal of Harvard, to take place at the end of the season, and Princeton is held up to the scorn of all true sons of Harvard...
...attitude is not hypocritical, but is based, we believe, on a real desire for purity in college athletics. In our efforts to accomplish this end, Princeton has thus far refused to co operate. We have withdrawn from the league not for the purpose of holding Princeton up to public scorn, but because we are unwilling to compete longer under the disadvantages which a consistent effort at reform forces upon...
...sermon but spoke on the qualities of a true gentleman. He said that the Episcopal clrurch had been accused of being a church for gentlemen. He hoped that this was true, and that the members were all gentlemen in the true sense of the word. A gentleman must scorn everything dishonorable. He must lead a spiritual life through faith in Jesus Christ. He should study Christ through the Bible as he would study any great character in history, and make him his hero. He should keep the example of Christ before him in his daily life. Such a gentleman could...
...publication of such articles is that they have their effect among the more ignorant and prejudiced people, and their result is detrimental to the college. But Harvard has a sufflcient hold on the more intelligent classes which enables it to keep on its noble course undaunted, and scorn the insults of anonymous writers...
...displaying in its argument original thought, seems somewhat out of place, in the field which the Advocate has chosen. "Carmen" needs a second reading to be appreciated. The author's conception is delicate; his expression, however, is somewhat obscure, and at times strains after unnatural words. Such compounds as "scorn-enwrapped" will hardly bear close scrutinizing. The remaining poem of this number, "A Dialogue of Head and Heart" is better than the average Advocate verse. Its method is graceful and its thought true...