Word: showings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...vote of the Board and the pledge of the undergraduates together show the relation between the students and the Faculty as it should be-each considering the feelings and interests of the other and both working together in confidence and harmony for the common welfare. The old idea that students and Faculty were natural enemies has long since disappeared; and in its place has been developed the more rational idea of mutual dependence and helpfulness. The sooner the division line between the two bodies entirely disappears and they become one united body working for a common end the better...
Some call those who keep on their hats impolite. So they are perhaps, but thoughtlessly, unintentionally. The few who keep on their hats intentionally do so, not to insult us, but to show us off, to put us through our paces, for the amusement of those whom they are showing the sights of Harvard. By noticing them we please them and make ourselves tools for their amusement...
...means when it begins and only a part of them find out before it ends. The rest go away with strange ideas of Harvard manners. All in the gallery must feel uncomfortable and embarrassed to see several hundred men gaping and stamping at them as if they were on show. In the endeavor to prevent occasion for the stamping the directors of the Hall have posted conspicuously warnings to all men entering the gallery to remove their hats,- warnings which are indirectly insults to the visitors and slurs on our manners. They are a kind of "Beware-the-dog" sign...
...farce, or an opera. He only announces it in his usual modest way: "A musical entertainment." But it is said to be more full of musical gems than an opera, dressier than a society play, funnier than a farce, spicier than the varieties, more unique than a specialty show, as rich in grace and beauty as a fancy dress ball, and as replete with good acting as the legitimate. The cast is the largest and strongest Mr. Hoyt has ever organized and embraces many prominent people, notably, Miss Belle Archer, leading lady with Nat Goodwin, E. H. Southern...
...college property, raising the amount paid yearly from $50,000 to $489.000. Should this be done, a serious blow would be inflicted on Yale, and it is felt that the college does enough good to the town to deserve better treatment. Letters from other institutions of learning show that little or no taxation is universal elsewhere. A test case will be made soon before the courts...