Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...judged and improper favoritism on the part of the Captain in selecting the team. When the honor of the University is interested in a game, as it was in that of last Saturday, it is the duty of the Captain to select the players for their superior skill, and for that reason alone. We refer our readers to another column for a full account of the game...
...days, and at the end of that time, what with the circle of delighted faces constantly around him and the humanizing effect of so much music, he will have recovered all the innocence that used to be his, when, at the age of six, he tagged around after the superior being who carried on his back a box full of pretty tunes...
...legend of just men, noblesse oblige; or, Superior advantages bind you to larger generosity...
...what does this advantage arise from? Either from his superior learning or his narrow means. It must be the latter. It cannot be his superior learning, for since competition is not free, how do we know that the learning is superior? Any method of assigning scholarships except according to scholarly merit cannot fail of being demoralizing in proportion as the assignment is influenced by a regard for the circumstances of the applicant. It may be said that a change in the present system would have no different result, that the same men would take the scholarships as take them...
...concurrence of the Boat Club) among the flags won by the University crews. By this means it is hoped that the victory of each year will be recorded, and the emulation of the clubs will be excited to attain the greatest number of flags as indications of a superior record. It is the design of the Crimson to offer a flag every year, whether rowing be conducted according to the class or club sytesm, and as the club crews are to contest the races at present, it will be offered to them in the coming spring...