Word: standing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...writer comes to the conclusion that "the idea of the American college, the idea of orderly training in fundamental branches of learning, partly for the sake of storing the mind with useful information, partly for the development of physical, mental and moral training, seems to stand as firm as ever;" and that "the increase of wealth, the progress of science, and the advancement of religious freedom, though temporary disturbing agencies, are likely to be factors of permanent good...
...secretary of the navy has received a communication from Harvard to the effect that, at Professor Agassiz's suggestion, it would name Mr. George H. Richards, a graduate of Cambridge University, England, and stroke of its crew, as referee. The stand of colors for the race this year will be provided by Harvard, and are designed by Ford, of New Haven.-[Courant...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: I wish to thank you for the sensible stand you have taken on the question of professional trainers and practice with professional nines. The feeling is becoming general through the college that the regulations of the faculty, however wellintended they may be, are, in their present form, injurious to our athletic interests, and at the same time not welladapted to bring about the desired absence of a "professional" spirit. The question is not one which can be settled by arbitrary rules; for no matter how strong the regulations may be made, cases will continually arise in which...
...absolutely necessary for their continued existence. The moment the impression gets abroad that professionalism, in any of its features, enters into our inter-collegiate contests, from that moment college athletics are doomed. Yale has done much to give this impression to the world by refusing to take a positive stand against professionalism...
...Greek is a language considerably more difficult to master than Latin, yet because of the interest and value of the Greek literature and the excellent quality of the instruction, the Greek department counts three students for every two in the Latin. German and French or Political Economy and Italian stand in the same mutual relation. In fact, the hypothesis that the American youth is so foolish and so short-sighted that he will inevitably choose easy and useless studies in preference to useful and difficult ones finds no support in experience...