Word: toned
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fireworks, rockets and bombs, or the building of a bon-fire-in a judiciously selected place? Of course we do not mean to countenance wanton destruction or endangering of property, but we cannot believe that a mild celebration is out of place or deleterious to the healthful tone of college spirit. The president speaks of the "trickery condoned by a public opinion which demands victory." This is certainly not a prevalent abuse; if it exists at all it is among a very small element in our college world. The spirit of fairness and honor, of which most colleges boast, would...
...faculty member, when the meeting suddenly came to a close. In order to free my mind, I send my reminiscence to you. It concerns the matter of cheating at examinations, which the Conference Committee discussed at many meetings, and at considerable length. All wished to raise the tone of student honor, and if possible, to have the honor trusted, without proctors. But no practical scheme was discovered, and the subject was at last let drop...
...that certain groups of men might form such clubs for the express purpose of cheating; that a club honestly formed might not remain pure, etc. In brief, the project met no favor. Now, to me this little incident was a revelation of the low ebb to which the college tone had sunk as regards effective moral opinion. I thought I could perceive that what made this scheme unpromising was not so much the conviction that even in such clubs men would cheat, but the feeling that if any one should cheat, he would have the club at his mercy...
...impression this episode gave me of the debilitated tone of social responsibility here was startling. By social responsibility I mean the willingness to act for the social ideal, no matter how much obstructive individuals have to suffer. In this sort of civic courage our race has led history; and why it should be so lacking here I do not know. Perhaps my vision of the facts is distorted. But it seems to me that, if it is not, this is the reform in "college opinion" which we most deeply need. If individuals cannot be sent to Coventry, no matter what...
...largely of tutorial origin. From Dr. Peabody and President Eliot, who began their official connection with the college-the first in 1832, the second in 1854-both as tutors of mathematics, down to the most recent appointments of instructors and assistant professors, this statement will in general hold tone. Harvard, founded to 'advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity' has always remained a training school for pastors and teachers. It has always recruited its professors chiefly from the tutorial ranks. Its record of academic service affords striking evidence in favor of professorial appointments upon the basis of successful experience...