Word: towards
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that the word theatre was unknown in our language, pretty much as campus suggests the idea that its pedantic inventors were ignorant of the good old English yard. The facts of the case are, that Mr. Charles Sanders, of Cambridge, left a large sum to the College to go toward the building of an Alumni Hall, that the money was employed in the completion of Memorial Hall, and that the newly erected portion of that structure has received, in honor of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Sanders Theatre...
...shall endeavor to keep our columns free from that offence in future. The issue of May 3 is remarkable in many respects, but nothing has startled us more than the editorial which begins: "It is the boast of all Yale men, that the discipline of this institution tends toward the cultivation of manly and independent qualities; and we behold with pride, and make much of the fact, that Yale men are free from what we term the foppery and affectation of the Harvard undergraduate." With this exordium, which shows that habit will exercise its sway in spite of the best...
...Baltimore. These fellowships are needed in every institution which lays a claim to be called a "University," but they fail to make the university. If we could offer here the means of living to a score or two of graduates each year, we should have almost the last requirement toward making Harvard a university in the sense that Cambridge and Oxford are universities. But we must wait until those who leave money to found colleges discover that their money would do more good by increasing the usefulness of institutions already established, than by adding another name to the list...
...regular work of former crews, and this at a disadvantage. It is more than any one can expect that they will be successful in both races. Which of the two then is more important? This question has been answered, and most of their energies have been turned toward preparing for the four-mile race...
...number that attended the last recital in Music last year, and the last Greek reading this year, was absolutely a disgrace to the taste and intelligence of Harvard. In the beginning of each course there was generally a very large audience, composed chiefly of students; but toward the end, though given by men who have no superiors in their line in this country, the numbers dwindled down to a sturdy few, who were willing to brave rain, storm, bad ventilation, and the attractions offered by the "Athens of America," and were, as far as I can learn, never sorry...