Word: trait
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...greatest interest to students, "The Harvard Undergraduate." Mr. Wendell's opinions upon this subject are f unusual value because of his close connection with the college for the last sixteen years, and especially his intercourse with students through the medium of daily themes. He considers that "the leading trait of the Harvard undergraduate is a fine sense of veracity." Of the secondary characteristics he mentions "a manly frankness," and, resulting from this, "the less welcome but more obvious traits" of self consciousness and self distrust. Summing up the characteristics of the undergraduate. Mr. Wendall says: "Sincere at heart then...
...their specialties. Yet there are people who would rather see contests between collegians than professionals. The reason is that no taint of jockeying attaches to what the college boys do. There is every motive for extreme effort, and public opinion would discountenance every victory by a trick. This trait of disinterested honesty gives a special interest to expressions of political opinion by college men. Moreover, as they are alert in forming opinions, an idea of what the progresive intelligence of the country thinks on current topics can best be gathered, short of the verdict of the polls, by knowing what...
...This trait in our national character would not appreciate, if their extent and tendency were fully appreciated, the silly, mean, cowardly lies that appear in the columns of certain newspapers, violating every instinct of American manliness, and, with ghoulish glee, desecrating the most secret relations of private life. [Applause...
...real individuality, however, the essential imprint of the writer's mental states, defies classification. The chirography, the methods of expression, selection of facts, and last but not least in many students' books, the pictorial embellishments tell the story. The pictorial trait persists mainly in the limp-covered class and in the stiff-covered books which have fallen from grace. Some of the pictures will often be found to be clever and ingenious, but rarely bearing on the lecture topic. Some are poorly drawn but expressive, while others are mere aggravations...
...lines of men that file in late almost every morning now give to the services a feature that is both disgraceful and thoroughly out of place. There is no reason why attendance, as long as it must be, should not be prompt. It used to be regarded a freshman trait to come into chapel a minute or more after the bell had ceased ringing, but now either upperclassmen must be called freshmen or late attendance at chapel must be looked upon as a dignified offence. The former seems to be the more natural conclusion...