Word: self
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...much bigger men they will be in every way. Of all these things, it is to be hoped they will not be disappointed, that in a certain degree we believe they will not. But at the end there are two things of importance to be avoided, the danger of self-satisfaction, that is, of conceit for too much wisdom, and the danger of losing by neglect all that has actually been gained. The former danger is, the writer believes, the lesser. Four years at a college of any spirit at all are quite likely to take a large portion...
...above mentioned dangers of self-satisfaction and of mental backsliding are not, it is true, very great for those intending to study in any of the professions, law, medicine, or ministry, or even for those who aim to an active business life, or at teaching. The prospective professional men will find a continued mental activity in their professional schools, the business men in their counting-houses, and the teachers in their school rooms. But they are not all the men that a college graduates. Where are those who intend being higher than mere teachers, who aim at professorships? And where...
Harvard's new change battery gives promise of excellent work. Smith is very effective, and is as cool and self-possessed as any man in the pitcher's box. He has great command of the ball, and his judgment is always excellent. Henshaw, who has just entered college, is a splendid back stop, and throws with great swiftness and accuracy to the bases. Judging from the good material which has shown up this fall and the live interest which the men all take, Harvard has every reason to feel that the pennant may again be ours next spring...
Whether the Amherst system of almost complete self-government...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.- Dear Sirs: I enclose a statement of the accounts of the treasurer of the University Foot-Ball Association for last year, which I beg that you will kindly publish. It was the endeavor of the treasurer to make the association self-supporting, i. e. to meet the expenses with receipts from gate money, and not to rely upon subscriptions; it was found impossible to do this wholly without subscriptions, but the treasurer collected of the amount subscribed only such a portion as should pull the association through the year free from debt. It did not seem necessary...