Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cannot stand entirely aloof from his first love, and almost every month he pays a visit to the doctor mill on the Back Bay. Some of the younger professors think that Dr. Holmes is pretty far behind the times-"an old fogy, you know" but the boys have no thought for them when the old doctor comes in sight, trying to steal unseen through some open space. Applause and shouting bring the doctor to a stop. The bright, strong face lights up with a happy smile, the white head bows to the youthful top-knots, and the slight, straight figure...
...college or university in which to take part in the games the students favored. Columbia said that after a student left the college grounds, the faculty had no control over him; it was true the faculty sent a representative to the convention of the faculties, and it was thought to be in favor of the resolutions, yet it was fair enough to state openly that it had little right to assume much control over affairs outside of the campus and which did not seriously interfere with college duties. Cornell's representative said the faculty would ascertain the feeling...
...that Harvard does, but when charles Francis Adams, at a Harvard commencement, declared there was nothing within the bounds of ambition he might not have attained had be not been weighted down by the classics, it was enough to cause Yale men to doubt their efficiency. Consequently, the speaker thought that the time was probably not far distant when Yale would stand where Harvard does now. He alluded to the new inter-collegiate athletic rules as the outcome of a desire of the Harvard faculty to protect their students from the beatings received at foot-ball from Yale, and, becoming...
...first practical illustration of the university idea. The lectures are drawn from the most various parts of the university and bring their united weight to bear on the problems of a single part. Each speaker is invited to deal with some point in which his special vocation touches the thought or the life of students of Theology. Thus, the corporation, the overseers, the Law School, and the Medical School and the various departments of the college, each says its word to the Divinity School. This step of the Divinity School is an example worth imitating. It is good...
...season following the mid-year examinations was selected for this course because it is thought that such lectures will fill the gap until the spring opens, which is generally characterized by inactivity on the part of the students. Much credit is due the finance men for their efforts, which, judging from their single lecture of last year, will be fully appreciated by the college at large...