Word: turning
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...needs College aid is particularly to be encouraged, - he must not be lost sight of, he is the mainstay of the land; but, if he is pecuniarily successful in after life, his children are snubbed in their turn, - they have their innings in the little game of College tag, and out go they: so that College tactics would seem to be directed to the admirable end of preparing men without means for the propagation of the loafing species...
...facilities for developing ad infinitum his rowing, batting, or kicking powers; the linguist can revel in the Cercle Francais and the Der Verein; the Natural History Society promotes the interest of science; while the S. Paul's and the Christian Brethren offer spiritual comfort to gentlemen of a serious turn. Social, literary, and artistic organizations are not wanting; but there is a lack, - for there is no body of any sort at Harvard which takes an active interest in politics, or in the current history...
...should some uncle from the East turn...
...students. The decisions of our instructors in matters which concern us most nearly are never distinctly, and in terms, made known to the mass of the students, but are spread by rumor in such a mutilated form as to create the grossest misconceptions. To prove this, one need only turn to the College journals, and notice the columns of matter explanatory of the College law. Such decisions as the present should appear on the bulletin-board in the precise terms in which they were passed, as naturally as the notice of any examination. Whether reasons should be annexed...
...steady rowing was kept up till near the stake, when Matthews and Holyoke began to spurt desperately to gain the stake first. Holyoke, having the inside position of the two, succeeded in holding her position, and reached the stake first. Matthews cut in on Holyoke's course at the turn, and succeeded in avoiding a foul, but failed to obtain a lead. Weld and Holworthy reached their stake very nearly together, and Holworthy, in attempting to turn inside of Weld, was carried by the tide into the stake-boat, and a port oar and outrigger were caught under the anchor...