Word: standard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...most popular of athletic sports at the University of Pennsylvania, and that fact will account for Pennsylvania's large representation on the team. Cricket in the American colleges has been growing steadily in popularity for some years, and now there will be ample opportunity to compare the standard of excellence reached in America with that which has been attained in England, Scotland and Ireland. The make up of the team will probably be as follows: D. S. Newhall, captain; F. E. Brewster, J. A. Scott, W. Scott, W. Crockill, W. C. Morgan, H. I. Brown, G. S. Patterson...
...representative position among the university publications. Editorially it has been as fearless as firm in its treatment of college evils, and in all matters of general college interest the stand it has taken has been a most commendable one; in a literary way it has fully maintained the high standard which the Advocate has held in recent years. Mr. G. P. Wardner, '90, will be the president of the incoming board, and Mr. W. K. Post, '90, secretary...
...lecturer, said that no obstacle is so great for a self-active individual that he cannot derive some benefit from it. The same can be said of nations. Take for instance the Greeks: after a long struggle against barbarism and clouded thought, they contributed to civilization the intellectual standard. The Romans handed down the forms of the will, the forms of legality. With the German the tendency towards intellectual theory is natural. He thinks before he acts; does not get his knowledge from experience-as is the case with the English-but from a careful and deep insight into himself...
...fact that the movement is in the hands of Harvard men, and that a cup to be contested for has been offered by them, indicates the desire to raise the standard of athletics in the schools and so raise material for Harvard...
...interested in sparring, and who intend to enter the winter meeting, to avail themselves of this excellent opportunity, so as better to prepare themselves for the winter meeting. The Boston Athletic Club has done a great deal to raise athletics in this vicinity to a high standard, and all meetings of the club deserve the hearty co-operation of Harvard...