Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Accompanying the semi-annuals another affliction visits the college in the shape of those well-known vendors of Havana cigars. The methods of these vagabonds and imposters are familiar to most men, who need not be warned against their thieving deceptions, but there are doubtless a number of freshmen and others whom it may be well to warn. For the benefit of these we will say that if any picturesque looking foreigners who speak nothing but Espanol or French call upon you with a delightful tale of having just arrived in Boston from Havana on a ship with fine cigars...
...advocates of the higher education of women have now placed their movement upon Columbia College in a thoroughly practical shape. They ask not for co-education and not necessarily for the slightest association between the students now in Columbia and the young women who may wish to take advantage of its educational facilities. They merely ask that the trustees shall consider how best to open the many and great benefits of education in Columbia College to such women as may be properly qualified to receive them by admission to lectures and examinations. Practically this has already been done...
...several years past a change has been gradually occurring in physical training at Harvard. As has been shown before, the old system developed simply a few champions, and the little action of the faculty was in the shape of arbitrary rules, passed to render sports subservient to study. Under the new system, commenced with the introduction of Dr. Sargent, the faculty recognized the necessity of exercise holding a place beside study, and to that end have appointed a committee on athletics, who have a general supervision over all forms of exercise. The watchword of the old system was arbitrary prohibition...
...prospects. To all appearance the Society has been very successful. It has a much larger membership than the most sanguine of its founders had dared to hope for; it has done a large business, and has put thousands of dollars into the pockets of the members in the shape of discounts; it has made very favorable terms with dealers, in some cases more favorable than its rivals, the tradesmen of Cambridge, can obtain; and, finally, it has compelled these very tradesmen to reduce their rates, thus extending the benefits of the Society outside of its membership. All this...
After several months of discussion the Inter-collegiate Press Association has taken a definite shape and has become a reality. The aims of the association are not so ambitious as to render them unattainable. nor are they on the other hand so unimportant as to render their success or failure a matter of no consequence. The establishment of a corresponding secretary at each of the colleges, whose duty it will be to answer promptly and accurately any inquiries which may be made by any paper belonging to the association, will satisfy a long-felt need in college journalism. The advantages...