Word: sentimentalism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first place, the old-fashioned rush is clearly separated from the best sentiment in this and other colleges. The nation is awakening to the fact that freshmen are not so much barbarians as gentlemen, and the result has been that in the welcome to freshmen, more emphasis is being laid on the gentlemanly side of their nature and less on the barbaric. And in expressions of such a sentiment Harvard is bound to be in the lead. No other American university is so characterized by gentlemanliness, and the rush is harshly discordant with the Harvard tone. Not only the Faculty...
...game can be understood, and the experience of the game ought to effect a change of policy regarding rain-checks. That, however, the supporters of either University should think a team bound to throw away chances of success simply that they might see a game we cannot think. The sentiment of outsiders ought not to regulate intercollegiate contests; the sentiment of college men would be against the notion that a captain must jeopardize his chances in order to satisfy a crowd...
...aware that there is a sentiment of some strength for the gradual introduction of co-education into Harvard on the ground that educational advantages are the right of women no less than of men, and that Harvard has educational advantages which cannot be found elsewhere. Yet the practical objections to the adoption of this ideal justice are great, and few would care to meet them. The growth of Radcliffe along the lines which it is taking promises a happy solution of the difficulty; it will avoid awkward arrangements and yet will open to women practically all the advantages open...
...cannot in future be satisfactorily continued; but what change shall be made is not easily to be decided. The question is the most important which has ever confronted the association, and it is the opinion of the directors that no decisive action should be taken without first ascertaining the sentiment of the entire association. That this sentiment should be based on a careful judgement, it is thought best to present briefly the considerations which have led to the recommendation of the plan proposed...
...needed. The shortness of the service will add to its impressiveness, and the attendance of the Grand Army post will bring home the significance of the occasion more effectively than could anything else. Professor Norton has been very kind in consenting to take part in the services. His sentiment for the observance of the day is so strong and sincere that it must communicate itself to every one who hears his words...