Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...real issues in the coming presidential election contest? 3. Why does poverty tend to increase as the population and wealth of a nation increase? 4. The influence of religion upon plastic art and painting. 5. Define Realism as exemplified in novel writing. 6. The influence of Aristotle on modern thought...
...body is to be chosen by popular vote he should have a voice in the selection. Therefore we call upon our readers to send in lists to us, which we will promptly forward to the Critic. The lists should contain the names of forty American authors who are thought worthy of a place in an American academy. The representatives of all branches of literature should be included-historians, novelists, poets, playwrights, scientific writers, and theologians. The voting is to continue through the month of March and we shall announce the result both of the Harvard votes and of the votes...
...returned to the college work. The faculty thereupon issued the following statement: "The senior class of Hamilton College has this day resumed work on the original terms set forth by the faculty. Those conditions were, in the judgment of the faculty, so fair and reasonable that they have not thought it wise or possible to make any change. Various friends of the college have suggested other conditions, but the faculty have thought it inexpedient to entertain them. Every effort which a class could possibly make to secure changes or concessions in the original terms has been made, but without effect...
...outskirts of the combatants, and weeping and wringing their hands, were powerless to restore order. Gradually the sophomores fought their way to the freshwoman who wore the back hair, and finally they triumphantly tore it from her head. At the same moment the freshwomen, inspired by a happy thought, simultaneously seized the quack hair of their opponents and fled to their rooms, each bearing her trophy...
...cause. I take the liberty of explaining why we are reticent in making arrangements in regard to athletics with the other colleges. It is the result of long experience. The question has been talked over more than ten years, and upon it President Eliot and myself have bestowed much thought, though we have never agreed. The two colleges are differently situated. Harvard, if she needs a competent adversary, can send her team to Boston, and let them engage with some of the amateur clubs, while in order to find rivals we must take the professionals who come...