Word: stand
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...institution where scholarship has inadequate appreciation by undergraduates and almost no social incentive to encourage it, a society which has high scholarship for its ideal must recognize the importance of including scholars of character and ability along with the highest stand men. Some endeavor must be made to remove the opprobrium from scholarship which is all too prevalent and a continuation of such a policy by the Phi Beta Kappa will be of great assistance...
Admission tickets for all home games will be sold at Leavitt and Peirce's, Amee's, Brine's and at the gate. Reserved seats in a special stand will be sold at the same places for 50 cents...
...Edward Sheldon, the author of 'Salvation Nell,' in which Mrs. Fiske made her appearance at the Hackett Theatre, is only 23 years old. Ten years hence, when he has become a still more successful and well-seasoned playwright, he will probably stand abashed at the remembrance of all he did and dared in his maiden effort. For however much traditions may be shocked and polite conventionalities shattered, the fact must go on record that this boy from Harvard, backed only by the courage of his own convictions, and with Mrs. Fiske as both actress and stage manageress standing...
...ambitious and more difficult is the flight of "Tobias Medetates," the most important effort of this number. It is a venture into negro dialect; the character of Tobias is novel and strong. His doctrine of the "come-back" and his ironical "Yessir" are sure touches. I for one can stand more of Tobias. The telling, on the whole, is better than the story. "The First Prophecy" by Mr. Moore deals with remote things--early Britain, Vortigern, Merlin and the Druids. The chronology is a matter of faith, but the influences are distinctly those devices from some course in English...
...people should rule in religious matters, not the bishops. He joined the Presbyterian Church but as that did not conform to his ideas he left it, for he did not hesitate to do what he thought right. Another example of his fearlessness in this respect is shown in the stand he took against the king of England, who he said should be judged by the laws of England...