Word: think
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rule approve of the punishment which is provided, namely, separation from the University. The disgrace which accompanies such treatment may mean the wrecking of a man's life. And considering the number of fellows who have committed this really dishonorable act who are not at heart truly dishonorable, we think the Administrative Board has assumed a pretty heavy responsibility...
...give a concert together. The Pennsylvania men propose that in the event of such a concert being given the Harvard club shall go down to Philadelphia later in the year and give a similar concert there. Neither the leader nor the president of the Harvard club seem to think that the scheme will be likely to be carried out as it would hardly be possible for the club to go to Philadelphia...
...exercises in a simple and happy speech. "We are gathered," he said, "to witness another intercollegiate contest, a contest, not of physical strength and skill, but of intellectual ability and training. Considering the lack-I might say dearth- of opportunity for such training in my own day, I think it matter of congratulation that these debates have become institutions...
There are, beyond dispute, questions in student life that press for some settlement, and we can think of no way that promises more for this settlement than to have a frank discussion by those who see the questions from different points of view. It will take tactful management to make these conferences a success, but we are sure that every student will be eager for their success...
Walter Pater was not only a writer, he was also a figure in academic life. During all his working life he was a Fellow, or a resident, at Oxford, and it is there we like best to think of him. Pater was in no way a reformer. He cared as much for the past as Matthew Arnold and Henry James did for the present. As a critic Pater dwelt most fondly upon those who were dead. In a little book of criticisms, called "Appreciations," we find him coming nearer the present. In this book he speaks of people only...