Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...room, hall to hall, gaze at this and wonder at that, until in sheer exhaustion, we descend to earth again. We pass out thro' the "Reception Room." We look about for the Amherst man, but with a shiver we become conscious of the gaze of a pair of stern eyes that bespeak the man of blue, and remember that we must hurry to the depot if we do not wish to miss the train...
With our vacation just over and the midyears looming up before us, like a dark cloud on the horizon, we naturally feel that we are indeed in the very midst of the stern realities of student life, and, just as naturally, we are somewhat prone to resent any attempts to impose any extra work upon our already overburdened shoulders. But just at this critical time, the Juniors and Sophomores are fiddled with dismay at the announcement that a theme will be required from them on Wednesday next. Well, the ingenuity displayed by our instructors in selecting inopportune moments for springing...
...rumored that the reason why John Harvard sits "gazing into the We stern sky," as the orator says, is in order to escape the odors arising in the Eastern sky from the vicinity of Memorial...
...themselves exhibit the importance and prosperity of the university, especially when we consider that Harvard, in all departments, has but 1,500 students. The greater part of the students are from the middle classes, and many do not possess the means of pursuing a collegiate course. Here, again, the stern government displays unusual munificence and liberality. Scholarships, amounting to 100,000 roubels annually, are awarded to deserving students. Whenever a young member of the nobility does enter the university, it is generally for personal gratification only, and on account of a desire for knowledge...
...picture he offers us later on "Politeness as a Fine Art." The other pictures are fair, although we suggest to the artist who designed the illustration of the new Yale shell that he should have placed the cannon on the bow of the boat rather than on the stern. The two articles "So Benevolent," and "Our New Shell" are up to the average of college standard, but we fail to see the merit in that on "What do You Wear?" The arrangement of the reading matter, resembling that of Life, is very pleasing, so much so that we think...