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...their utmost to check the growing tendency to such disgraceful exhibitions in public places. A spirit of true manliness must grow from the students themselves. Let us be above any necessity for police interference on such occasions. Let the name of Harvard University grow to be not only the synonym of high education; let it also be another name for that true manliness which means honor, courtesy and respect for the feelings of others. I remain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letter from Dr. Bowditch. | 12/10/1894 | See Source »

...have the ones to lead Harvard to a better state of things,-to victory. Yet it is not her victories alone in which Ninety-one may feel the most proud. It is in the broader athletic development to which her earnestness has led us; an earnestness which is the synonym for courage and truth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/19/1891 | See Source »

...will sink deeper into the minds of the mass of people than any number of pieces to the contrary. All protestations of innocence, when coming from a college man, are fruitless. The public is determined to misjudge us. The term "Harvard man" is considered by many to be a synonym for contemptible lethargy-a man whose nominal residence is Cambridge, but who spends his time at Parker's or Young's. He is a man who is useful only in showing to the public the latest style of ulster or neck-wear. He is supposed to pass his examinations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/23/1888 | See Source »

...word freshman is of very ancient origin, being derived from the old Sanscrit root, fhra, signifying raw, green, innocent, fresh. Compounded with the Saxon word Man, it becomes a synonym of infantile innocence and unworldliness, and is universally applied to individuals of a tender age when they first enter collegiate halls of learning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman. | 1/21/1886 | See Source »

When we make a brilliant recitation we squirt, or, more commonly, rush. With us this "consummation devoutly to be wished" is the result of grinding or digging. At Williams they grub and make a high-ti.* At the University of Virginia, curl was their synonym for this successful ending of work. At Princeton grinding is called poling, from the verb to pole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SLANGOGRAPHY. | 1/23/1880 | See Source »

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