Word: thinge
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...English magazine has devoted three columns in a recent number to the evils of examinations, most of which applies mainly to preparatory and grammar schools. A few remarks, however, may be quoted with some bearing on the evils of the system here. It says: "It is no uncommon thing to find examination papers which an accomplished literary man would not undertake to answer unless he had two or three days and the aid of a good library. That too much is often required, that subjects are given which cannot be properly treated, and that much harm is done to boys...
...confidence with which we look forward to the outcome of our next struggle with Yale. The time was good and the rowing regular, especially with the men in the stern and waist; in one or two cases the catch and shoot were not emphasized enough, but as a general thing much snap and vigor were shown. The crew, owing to the slight indisposition of one or two members, rowed only about sixty strokes...
...thing is plain. Cornell must again assert itself as independent of any American model, or ever hold itself in its present position. Yale and Harvard are infinitely above us and always will be so, unless we follow a course distinct from theirs. We cannot compete with them on their own grounds. Cornell must take an advanced position, or be left in the lurch...
Literary work demands the strictest abstinence, especially in the case of those engaged in journalistic work. Cold water is the only thing for a literary man to use. The most brilliant man he knew during his college course had become a drunkard, and was drowned in New York harbor...
...would not permit themselves to be at the mercy of any one man who might wish to indulge himself. He was obliged to sacrifice his own pleasure to the safety of the majority. All employers believe in shutting off their workmen from drinking. They know it is a bad thing for them. The same principle runs through the army and navy; it prevails in all railroads and other great corporations. The students of Harvard expect to be the lenders in such organizations. They will expect those under them to be temperate. Is it fair, is it manly, for them...