Word: sentimentalism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...exact course of events, either this spring or next fall, ill-advised if not, indeed, impossible, it may be said with certainty that any such procedure on the part of Harvard as that so confidently outlined in the Boston Herald of yesterday, is entirely opposed to the sentiment of the undergraduates, and was, we believe, not contemplated for one moment by those to whose influence the recent change in the situation...
...anticipate the objection, that Sunday may be transformed into a holiday and abused, and would say that any such tendency would be squarely met and counteracted by an overwhelming public sentiment...
...change of poetic tone which takes place at the beginning of this part of the Divine Comedy is no less marked than is the change of sentiment. The harsh, rough rhymes, fitted to the picture of Hell, give way to sweeter, gentler cadences, and the poem begins to have more light and happiness...
...every one that a course of lectures on "Historic Harvard" would be most instructive and delightful. Our interest in the past would be increased, our love for Harvard and her traditions deepened, and our life for the short time we are here be made more full of association and sentiment. Can we not turn the present enthusiasm for lectures and lecturers to account? We do not need to go outside of Cambridge for the very men most suited for this task. What more pleasing and fruitful subject could a speaker choose than "Harvard in the Past"? If the History Department...
...large - as represented by the daily press - seems to think that Yale undergraduates are interested in nothing but athletics - an erroneous idea for which newspaper correspondents and the ordinary speeches at alumni meetings, are largely to blame, receives many indorsements, the New York Tribune laying special emphasis on these sentiments. The steady improvement in Yale's scholastic atmosphere is much more than keeping pace with her athletic prestige - and the fact is realized here, if not elsewhere. Yale may not be successful in the next few debates - but a sentiment has been aroused such as cannot fail...