Word: self
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...reason why they should suffer another such defeat, and it will be greatly to their discredit if they allow any such possibility. The game at Andover has taught them two things: that they must not on any account get "rattled" and that they must not have too much self-confidence. These two lessons, taken well to heart and backed by earnest faithful practice, will do much toward winning their game with Yale, and we trust they will act upon the suggestion. There is yet time before them to get into excellent trim; they have abundant good material, and are well...
...freedom to express its opinions. Every one has heard from his infancy the trite old maxim that the "freedom of the press is a necessary factor in a free country," until we have come to regard the press as the very impersonation of liberty. It is taken as a self-evident fact. But when as students we turn to the college papers, and ask ourselves how much freedom they should be allowed, we straightway find ourselves on a much disputed ground...
...words in favor of the plan. The articles in question express, we think, the almost unanimous sentitiment of the university, and there seems to be every reason why we should encourage the growth of a sport that is at once so manly and so healthful, especially since being self-supporting, no pecuniary reasons can be urged against it. It would unquestionably be most advisable to have this club embrace all that portion of the students who use the shot-gun. The two bodies are necessarily closely connected, and forming them into one organization would give such an one much greater...
Perhaps it is best to put forth the strongest argument for this pastime at the end of our article; here it is, and it ought to appeal directly to every Harvard man,-rifle shooting is a self-sustaining sport, there are no subscription friends required to foster and keep it alive, and though the victories of a rifle team could bring credit to the college; yet, to play for those victories, the college would not be obliged to subscribe a cent in addition to its already too numerous burdens...
...some men the suppression of such a practice means more than the success of the hall itself. Many will feel that their self-respect demands that they leave an institution which cannot enforce upon its members the behavior which characterizes gentlemen. It becomes merely a stubborn contest between those who believe that Harvard men should in all cases and under all circumstances, behave like gentlemen and those who doubt this and express their doubt by their actions. In such a contest, we regret to say, the latter seem at present to have the advantage, but we hope that the action...