Word: standing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...make what we really want it to be, because it is homogeneous enough for this purpose. Traditions are short-lived in college for they change with each generation. But during the short college generation of four years many changes can take place. A few strong men always stand out as prominent in molding undergraduate opinion...
...school boys go to college as a matter of course, whether they are intellectually negligible or not. All they need is an allowance and a passing mark in the entrance examinations. And so, serious and trivial, stupid and bright, they all herd in together. Of course they will not stand as high in scholarship as the high school boys. That foregone conclusion, however, is yearly rediscovered and posted up before the gaze of a good-natured and undiscerning public...
...anything but victory today; yet, the splendid showing against Dartmouth and the steady improvement during the past week now leads us to look forward confidently to a Harvard victory. Last year we lost to Yale; the year before we won by the smallest of margins; and now the meets stand ten apiece. It is almost needless to say that the team realizes this situation. We think that very little urging will bring out a large and far more enthusiastic backing than cheered the team to victory last Saturday. We are not overconfident; we firmly believe than the team is going...
...assured the perpetuation of a memory which all who knew Captain Burr even remotely now hold dear. Just as Burr was not alone an athlete, but a leader of men: in athletics, in scholarship, and best of all, in character, so the Varsity Club should not stand alone for athletic supremacy but rather for leadership in those qualities which to the true athlete are more highly prized than victory itself...
...they feel almost impressive. After all it is an impressive custom, this wearing of the cap and gown in the last few weeks of undergraduate life, and everyone realizes it. It is only, therefore, as a reminder that we urge upon the Senior his individual duty to stand by his class and join in perpetuating an ancient tradition...