Word: toward
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...understood that he advocated moderation in the place of total abstinence. Far from it But we could not be blind to the fact that many people, who were by no means degraded, used it. He spoke at length of the tendency of science and of society to-day toward the total disuse of liquor. He then said that in college the probable cause of indulgence in intoxicants was due, not to the fear of saying "no," as is popularly imagined, but to the supposed loss or sacrifice in a social way which would be incurred. He said that he could...
...conclusion he said: The genuine Yale man is a gentleman, not necessarily the man of cultured manners and versed in the nicer requirements of social life, but the man who has the spirit of reverence for what is good of kindness towards others, of gentleness and self sacrifice and honor and truth The peculiarities of our social life lead to a certain boyishness of manner, but I do not for one moment doubt that the tendency of our life here is toward true gentlemanliness...
...South End, about 11-4 miles from city Hall. It is bounded by May, Maywood, Woodland and Downing streets. The design is to have the principal building, about 500 feet long, at the rear of the lot, near Woodland street, leaving room for a campus gently sloping toward Main street. - Boston Daily Advertiser...
...wider opportunity for the existence of varied social elements, should be the first to swerve from some of the intensely conservative and now antiquated restrictions of the past. Moreover, for this reason, it would be surprising indeed if Yale, Princeton and Columbia were not ready to help in leading toward the larger life of the university of the future. Columbia, while not opening her doors freely to women, has been among the first to grant either sex alike, official recognition of deserving merit; Princeton, in endeavoring to abolish the foolish hazing typical of the younger years of American colleges...
...friend and rival will avoid, though in regard to the undergraduate feeling we have no fear, - there exists, we are compelled to believe, among American colleges, a fear of being suspected of desiring to imitate other colleges. Especially is this true with regard to the attitude assumed towards Harvard. This must always be the feeling towards all innovators, - and Harvard has certainly introduced many innovations of late years into her collegiate life. Therefore, while deprecating such a feeling toward us, we should like to point at one as a possible danger to our friends who hold the reins of authority...