Word: term
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Brooke Herford of Boston spoke on procrastination. He said that some one had named it the "Lust of finishing," and he thought the term applied remarkably well. He could not emphasize too strongly the necessity of resisting the sin of procrastination. It would be better if necessary to go to the other extreme. Jump out with both feet at once. Don't always be too cautious and look before you leap, but sometimes leap before you look. If you have got a thing to do, do it, and have it over with. Few realize how much time will be saved...
Vesper Services will be held on Thursdays of each week in term-time until further notice. Each service begins promptly at 5 p. m. The public are invited to these services...
...restrictions upon the personal liberty of a student amounted to very little. He was nominally obliged to attend recitations, but so little was the rule regarded that it was the custom for a party of no small number to take an extended tour during the winter term. Athletics were not under control. Athletic organizations might leave Cambridge at will, and men who had very little standing in their class might represent the University on athletic teams. The result was that Harvard was looked upon as a place where a very loose government had control. Outsiders criticized harshly, and finally...
...Princeton Faculty Athletic Committee are considering the advisability of forbidding students to take part in any outside athletic contests during term time, except in the intercollegiate championship meeting, and in games with other colleges...
...Amherst Glee Club will give concerts during the present term at Boston, New York, Springfield, Holyoke and Northampton...