Word: sentiments
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...artificial than those of the outside world, and are often directly opposed to them. Not long ago the petty larceny of sign stealing was encouraged by college opinion, and deceiving instructors was not regarded as dishonest. In the progress of time, there has been much improvement, and the general sentiment of college has become much manlier and more sensible. The growth of athletics has assisted considerably in producing this change for the better. There is no more conservative body than the undergraduates of a college. They are slaves to tradition, and think that because a thing has existed for some...
...annual meeting of the Harvard Club, May 12, the New York alumni discussed the recent restrictions of the overseers. About one hundred members of the club were present, and the unanimous sentiment was in favor not only of retaining the old system of sports but also of allowing contests with professionals. The following resolutions were drawn up by George Walton Green, who recently presented the petition of the alumni to the Board of Overseers...
...finds in every triumph and defeat the fulfilment of its own destiny. The thought is, perhaps, somewhat too deeply hidden by the words, but we do not begrudge the effort to unravel it. Mr. Bates's poem "The Sleeper," develops an original idea. The metre chimes well with the sentiment of the tale; the lines convey the folly and the utter hopelessness of the magicians wish to stop the progress of time. The number closes with the charming bit of verse "Vanitas...
...intercollegiate championships at 100 yards, 220 yards and one-quarter mile, a feat never before or since accomplished by one man in one day. Mr. Wendell is still actively interested in Harvard athletic matters, and his opinion reflects to a large extent the graduate sentiment concerning the proposed change. He said...
...sentiment of the country was strongly in favor of the measure: Boston Globe, April 15; Congr. Record, April...