Word: standing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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zine which shall be as much and as representative a part of Harvard as are her students, we realize the responsibility which rests upon our shoulders. We wish the magazine to stand or fall on its merits alone. In a sincere belief as to the necessity and usefulness of the Literary Monthly, we ask the cordial sympathy and hearty support of every student...
...other institutions of learning does merit receive so directly its reward as in the Naval and Military Academies. In no others is there so powerful a stimulant to stand high. For not only a man's rank, but also his very retention in the service depends upon his standing as a cadet. This, of course, reacts to make the standard at these academies very high. So that, of late, complaints have been made that the Naval Academy in particular was becoming a school of general science, and losing too much its characteristic peculiarities as a naval school. But we think...
...pars at the end of the boat, and the stroke is always in great danger of being kicked in the head and having his eye-glass disarranged. The chest-weights take up one side of the room, and when in use, the men on the flying rings have to stand aside. In fact, there is so very little room anywhere that pneumatic machines have to be used by the oarsmen, instead of hydraulic. The air is noisome and damp, and the room is unpleasantly dark. Having jotted these things down mentally, we turned to go; and the last thing that...
...crews. Lack of space prevented us from taking notice of the second freshman eight. In a few days, however, we hope to have ready a criticism of them as well as of the university crew. The three upper class crews have about the same number of experienced men, and stand equally good chances of winning the race. The seniors are naturally the favorites as they have had longer experience, and, perhaps, because it has become customary of late years for the senior crew to win the class races. Moreover, as this is the last opportunity for eighty-five to retrieve...
...shown himself fully prepared when asked to speak on them in other places. The Union recently debated the change of requirements for admission, and the votes taken at that time show that the students at large need to be enlightened on that subject before they unanimously support the stand taken by our faculty...