Word: shipping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...literature, we shall have a class of men whose only ability lies in tearing down, instead of our being able to appreciate an artistic piece of work as a whole, our knowledge must come from a view of it lying dismembered before us like the wreck of some noble ship cast upon a barren shore...
...devotes himself to study exclusively, withdrawing himself from all human interest, is quite as mistaken an extremist as he who neglects his studies altogether. The former's science of navigation may be excellent, but if he does not know the sun when he sees it, his ship will fail of a successful voyage all the same. It is for this reason that the names most prominent on the honor list during the college course are so seldom heard of after graduation. The man who will succeed and whose training will do the greatest good to himself and to others...
...William G. Gibbons of the Pusey and Jones Company. Ship Builders, Wilmington, Del: "The Effect of the Tariff upon American Shipping...
...happy. It is seldom indeed that a year opens more auspiciously for Harvard success in this sport than does the present. With a nine nearly if not absolutely as strong as the '84 team, we can confidently expect that hard work and honest, faithful training will bring the champion ship to Cambridge in 1885. The chances of our winning the race with Yale depend upon two variables,-the members of the crew, and the Athletic and Advisory Committees. As to the first we have no fear; as to the second-well, as we do not wish to risk our reputation...
...CRIMSON as to the requirements for admission to the Shakespeare club, the following extracts are given from the recently adopted Constitution of the club: "The name of any student of Harvard University who has finished an elective course in elocution, may be proposed for active member ship by the executive committee, *** but one negative vote in six shall exclude the candidate." "The number of active members after Oct. 1, 1885, shall not exceed twenty-five." "Any person interested in the object of the club may be elected an homorary member on being proposed by the executive committee...