Word: towardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Toward the end of the match Tailer and Snow played loosely, and seemed discouraged by their adversaries' lead. Lee and Tallant, on the other hand, played a strong, steady game through-out, and Lee's play was especially noticeable in this respect. Snow played the most brilliant game, while Tailor's underhand strokes were very effective, and Lee and Tallant did some good placing. All four men played close to the net and volleyed a great deal. In the second set Tailer and Snow tried lobbing over their opponents' heads with good effect, but in the third most...
Since the discussion aroused by the proposal to tear down the Yale "fence" there has been some hard feelings on the part of the students toward the faculty. The students thought themselves unjustly treated by the summary way in which their protest and petition were ignored. The disapproval of the faculty was further aroused by the great celebration of the victory over Harvard last Saturday night. The rejoicing exceeded all bounds of moderation and was carried into the small hours of Sunday morning. The hostility was intensified Monday night, the occasion being the annual celebration of the death...
...first two chapters of "Bird Tavern" are better than the third, both in point of style and in the development of the plot. There is a suggestion of the improbable toward the end. The story, however, is as a whole interesting and deserves a commendation...
...classes increase in size, there is a general tendency toward narrowing the circle of each man's intimate acquaintance, where once every classmate knew every other; now there are many who do not even know each other by sight. This is much to be deplored, and whatever throws the students together should be encouraged. The Conference Meetings have this end in view, and are therefore made very informal. At the end of the hour Professor Peabody invited suggestions upon what he had said, and a number of questions were asked and answered...
...Whereas, We believe that the best way to encourage the old-time Harvard spirit of open and cordial relations between students and faculty and to foster a spirit of fair play and courtesy toward opponents, is to place the responsibility upon the students themselves, leaving to the faculty the settlement of such limitations of this privilege as may seem advisable...