Word: towardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Notice is called in another column to the fact that the time during which the telegraph office in Lyceum Building is open, will be lengthened, and that the office will also be open on Sunday for a short time. We are very glad to see this step toward reform in the management of the telegraph in Cambridge. The change will be of great advantage to the public and especially to men of the college who are so often obliged to use this means of communication...
...Symphony was, perhaps, disappointing. The first movement seemed to lack the life so usually given it, and the concert was so long that the audience were perceptibly restless toward...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.- In yesterday's issue you spoke of the prospects of the new year and urged each one to do all that he could toward bringing victory to Harvard this year. In the last two years Yale has been victorious everywhere, and why? Be cause she does not put off until the last moment what ought to be done just as soon as the college year opens. Look at her crew, the candidates returned to college last week and devoted the last half of the Christmas recess to work. They spend the entire Easter recess there in training...
Therefore, let every man who has ever jumped or who has ever put the shot, enter the coming contest. All cannot win-what matter? All can help toward the grand result-winning the cup. Those who think they have no chance of winning here, will certainly, by the competition, oblige others to do better work. Quite possibly the unlikely ones may turn out the best. You never know what you can do till...
...historical material. When one contrasts the old-fashioned manuals of Adams and Eschenburg with the water-like "primers" which are everywhere in vogue, it is not surprising that a knowledge of ancient politics is dying out in American schools. In these days, when teachers and students alike are rushing toward modern studies in history and political science, it is refreshing to see such a wholesome treatment of Roman constitutional law as is presented at Yale. A scholarly balance between ancient and modern history is likely to be maintained by the faculty there. Academic interest in historical jurisprudence is steadily increasing...