Word: steps
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...agree with you. But is this separation which you have mentioned altogether absent from us? It was a bold step, this elective system; and bolder, voluntary recitations. It means that, in power of judgment, men of twenty stand on a level with their instructors. Parental authority is relinquished, and in place of the imposed self-discipline which the rigor of Puritan teachers imposed on the taught, what have we? There is only one substitute possible, - the personal influence of individual character, - and this is wanting. Do not answer by citing this instructor or that, - I rejoice equally with...
...distinction here, and of the desire to rush through college so as to be "out in the world," as the phrase is, there is prevalent among us a lamentable lack of knowledge of the topography and history of spots neighboring to Cambridge. Though hardly aware of it, almost every step we take in this vicinity is on hallowed ground; nor can we cross Cambridge bridge to the Athens of to-day, without walking streets which are as rich in historic associations and priceless traditions of virtue as any old burgh in Europe. In fact, we can conceive of no higher...
...amusing way of doing nothing to sit in one's room half dozing, and listen to the steps that come along the entry on their way to the rooms overhead. It is quite an instructive occupation too, presenting, as it does, a wide field for the cultivation of the listening faculty. In the course of a dozen or two such sittings, one gets to know the peculiarities of each individual step, and recognizes the passer-by as clearly as though the partition were transparent. When I hear various preliminary kicks at, and slams of, the neighboring doors, a shuffling step...
...glad to see that the Professors have decided to appear in caps and gowns on Commencement Day; this may be considered a step in the right direction. It certainly has detracted very much from the pleasure and dignity of Class Day and Commencement that this step has not been adopted before. Now, to revive a rather antiquated subject, we should consider it a second step in the right direction if the students should follow the good example of those from whom they have derived so much benefit, and do the same thing. It would be much less expensive...
...some accounts greatly to be regretted that in College societies the theory of government is so entirely disregarded that any settled course of policy is impossible, and the society is led on, step by step, by mere momentary whims of the majority, or by the influence of its affairs, until the original constitution is entirely forgotten. At Memorial Hall, however, the case is even worse than this, since there no constitution is to be found; for the "Scheme for carrying on the Dining Hall" was, as "A Director" has claimed, valid only for a year, and we are now left...