Word: surpass
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...distinguished bibliographer in London writes concerning the recent list of the literary work of Harvard University and its officers: "You certainly surpass all European libraries in energy and industry, - and you set them a good example to follow...
...Princetonian with 100 issues has 920 feet. The Harvard Crimson, the Yale News, and the Princetonian print in the order named more matter in the course of the year than any other college paper. It is to be noticed, however, that while the Yale News and the Harvard Crimson surpass us in the total number of feet for the year, we exceed both of them in the average number of feet per issue. The Crimson averages 5 1-2 feet; the News 6 1-2, and the Princetonian 9 1-2 feet...
...admirable letter on the oft repeated cry for an American university of the English stamp. This premature call for something that is at present foreign to our nature is illustrative of the typical American. We are a pushing people, proud of our success and jealous of those who surpass us. The University is the effect, not the cause, of ambitions for trained scholarship. A desire to learn must come before institutions of learning can be successful. It is true there is a reaction exerted by the college upon the educational character of the people. Growth of learning and of colleges...
...combined Glee Club and Sodality will take place at Sanders Theatre. This event is always looked forward to by all in college, who appreciate music, with the greatest expectation, and there is no doubt but that the coming concert will be equal to, if it does not surpass any of those which have been given in other years, for the Glee Club also is in the same prosperous condition as the Pierian...
...none of his powers lie idle, and to cultivate both mind and body to the greatest possible extent, succeeds in his work if he keeps his purpose clearly in view; and is very likely to fail if he does not. Men of natural ability often come to surpass their more talented class-mates because they are aiming at some definite object, they are more tenacious of purpose than those who, though more gifted, do their work in a careless, aimless way. - Amherst Student...