Word: things
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Inter-collegiate Convention at Springfield yesterday was the stormiest known for years. Williams and the University of Pennsylvania sent delegates and tried hard for admission, with what result was not known at midnight. Dartmouth withdrew from the league. The last thing on the programme was arranging the schedule of games, and the fight on this continued till a late hour last night. The chances are that one of the above mentioned clubs will be admitted...
When Dr. Hale attempts to "put the same thing historically," he seems to forget that what was right and proper two centuries ago may be both wrong and improper to-day. Public sentiment and college sentiment once sanctioned a compulsory service; but compulsion then did not mean what compulsion means now. To-day there is no general sentiment either within or without the college which justifies a compulsory attendance at chapel. Religion has become utterly disassociated from any idea of compulsion. Prayer is held to be a matter between a man and his God, not between...
...tedious if the men are well matched, and farcical if they are not. With this gloomy outlook before us, the least the stewards can do is to make everything go off as quickly as possible, and to see that there are no unnecessary delays between the events. One more thing also they can do. They can insist that the wrestlers be given a hold before the patience of the audience is utterly exhausted. If the wrestling could be made short, sharp and decisive like the sparring, it would become one of the features of the meetings instead of being...
This Cremation, then, was an annual ceremony performed by the sophomores about the middle of May in which the principal thing was the burning of some book which the class had finished that term. As the book chosen was always one that the men had found difficult to master, there was general rejoicing at its destruction, although everything was conducted with a great show of solemnity. The students composing the funeral procession began to assemble about eight o'clock in the evening of the day appointed, all wearing caps and gowns; the coffin containing the doomed book was borne...
...method to prevent cribbing must be of a radical sort. There is an evil underlying it and supporting it that must be handled without gloves. This underlying evil is the college opinion that stamps cribbing as a thing not wrong in itself. It is the feeling that there is a difference between cheating in an examination, and telling a direct falsehood. In order to correct this state of public opinion, every student should carefully consider cribbing first, as it effects himself, and secondly, in its application to college interests. Self respect is essential to a good reputation. Can the cribber...