Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...general negligee of his tout ensemble would seem to indicate that he was either a maniac or a college professor...
...other courses not directly belonging to his honor scheme. That is, a candidate for honors in mathematics, for instance, must not only be a man with marked mathematical ability, but must have a fairly good stand in the other subjects of his college course. This does not seem to be the case at Harvard. Of course a man who fails to get his degree would not be allowed, technically, to take honors at graduation, as he does not graduate. But it is possible for a man to get highest honors in a subject who has merely attained the lowest passing...
Yesterday morning the instructor whom the Crimson criticized so severely in its last number, took the trouble to reply to the criticism. He gave his reasons for adopting his method, and they seemed sensible and forcible enough. Furthermore, he said that if the author of the Crimson editorial, or any one else who felt aggrieved, would come to him and show a good reason why he should not be questioned, he would gladly excuse him from further annoyance on the subject. The same offer was made at the beginning of the term and also repeated once at least...
...position of Princeton in the whole matter is as yet to be officially announced, but to the minds of most of the students, especially the base-ball men, the arguments in favor of a reduction of the number of colleges in the league seem very strong. The feeling as to how many should be excluded is various; some few would say one, the majority think two should withdraw, while a respectable minority think that a league composed of Yale, Harvard and Princeton is by far the best arrangement, both for base-ball and foot-ball...
...morning in the geology section may perhaps be regarded as the culmination of an ill-feeling which has been constantly increasing since the beginning of the term. Although it is certainly not desirable to have loose management in conducting recitations, yet the youthful rules and practices of grammar schools seem to be sadly out of place in our college recitation rooms. If the instructor does resort to such methods he must expect something like the manifestation of last Friday morning. The frailty of human nature forbids it being otherwise. We may be able to endure the harassing catch-question method...