Word: understood
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...exchanges, remain happily ignorant of; we mean the wholly imaginary light in which Harvard is represented as regarding her emancipation from the old system of required studies into the civilization of electives. To quote an exchange on this advance, "It is a pretty well understood fact that Harvard has made nothing by the change, and that she would be glad to retreat if such a thing were possible." If we had tried to make a glaring misstatement it would certainly have puzzled us to hit wider of the truth. We not only regard our elective system...
...crews. Most of the points open to criticism may, however, be remedied by more carefulness on the part of individuals. If one fault is generally more patent than another, it is in regard to the recover and the beginning of the stroke. The idea is not understood, or certainly not put into practice, that in the recover the motion of the hands should be fast, that of the body slow; and the beginning of the stroke should be emphasized by the whole force of the back thrown into it the moment the full extent of the recover is obtained...
THERE will be a service at S. Paul's Society to-morrow, Saturday evening, that being Easter Eve. It may not be generally understood that all members of the University are invited to any services of the Society...
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...original and natural in its effect, and his delivery of the piece as a whole can hardly be too highly praised. In the Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius Mr. Lyon was assisted by Mr. C. H. Kloman, who, judging from the manner in which he rendered his lines, fully understood how Cassius should be represented. This selection received an encore, the audience evidently desiring to hear more from Mr. Kloman. in response to which a short continuation of the same was given...