Word: stande
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...these honours, let us examine their effect upon the students, who may be divided into three classes. The first, those who already get Commencement parts or Final Honours, will have less instigation, for the worth of a part will certainly be greatly diminished. Those who now do not stand well at all in any subject will not be much affected by "honourable mention"; if desire for knowledge, a position on the rank-list, etc., will not lead a man to study at all, it is not likely that the prospect of being "mentioned" will spur him on to exertion...
...second object is, to reward those who now distinguish themselves in special branches. A man who is enough of a specialist to stand well in a certain subject, and no others, should try for Final Honours; they are for specialists, and convey great distinction. A student who does not care enough for his special study to take honours in it, or for other studies to get an average of eighty per cent, ought not to complain if his merits are not rewarded by a place on the Commencement programme, and should be satisfied with the credit given him each year...
...LETTER appeared in last week's Advocate censuring the fact that the Freshmen had reconsidered their vote to challenge Cornell, and had ended in challenging Columbia, and that they had done it at the advice of the Executive Committee. That they did n't stand a sure chance of winning ought not to be any cause for not challenging, but there are other reasons. Cornell, taking into account the present relations between the colleges, might consider it a sort of apology for what she calls not fair play, but we have no apology to make, since the Executive Committee have...
Then rainbow hues in fair refulgence stand...
...latter may in any case be brought about by the weather or other uncontrollable cause; but the chance of their occurrence would certainly be increased by any attempt to row subsidiary races on the same day, or even on the previous day. Likewise, the experiment of the "moving grand stand," which pleased so many people last summer, might have to be abandoned if more than one race were attempted, for the difficulties of operating it on a single-track road are at best very great. Furthermore, the problem of police management might suddenly assume serious and disheartening proportions...