Word: thoughtful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...patrons asking that the complete management be entrusted, after the manner of the system in vogue at Harvard, to a committee composed of members of the Faculty and of students boarding at the "Commons." This plan has met with approval and as the petition is practically unanimous, it is thought that the Faculty can hardly fail to act on the suggestions embodied...
...Faculty have not yet decided as to what penalty will be imposed upon the freshman classes in view of their conduct at the recent Promenade Concert. It is not thought, however, that they will go so far as to deprive the classes of any athletic privileges, the general impression being that a denial of the privilege of holding a sophomore german in 1896 will be the only penalty which the classes will be made to suffer...
...sentiments of President Eliot in regard to athletics do not enlist any sympathy from the members of this University, so far as the opinions expressed can be learned. It is thought that the President has treated his subject, particularly that part on football, from a prejudicial standpoint, and that his information comes from the sensational accounts of the games seen in some papers...
...Closer thought, however, leads one inevitably to the conclusion that there is something in the atmosphere of Harvard which is at least a strong encouragement to sincerity and honest dealing and which, it would appear, furthermore, is especially marked at Harvard. We are strengthened in this conclusion by articles that appear from time to time in the student publications of other colleges, especially of those in the West. Editorials are written in which the student body is soberly reminded that "cribbing" is cheating and should be desisted from accordingly. In one college a mass meeting was held to condemn...
...recent topic of discussion before the Faculty, and the wildest rumors have from time to time started about contemplated action. The matter has not yet been settled. It is before the Faculty in the form of a motion to prohibit all games at or near New York. It is thought that the most radical action that will be taken will be the shortening of the season by perhaps a week, so that the last game shall be played at the latest a week before Thanksgiving. But even as much action as this is doubtful...