Word: uphold
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...worthy men who uphold the compulsory system undoubtedly long to bring into the church students who are out of it, and they believe that by compelling such students to go to church they may attain their end. But we are satisfied that they are making a great blunder. They are trying to win those who are out of the fold. Those who are already in it will voluntarily avail themselves of religions privileges and, with rare exceptions, remain steadfast in the faith. These are not the students for whose improvement and conversion the college authorities express anxiety. But if compulsion...
...college officers who uphold such restrictions could be convinced that thereby they defeat their own cherished purpose, undoubtedly they would make such a change as has been made at Harvard. So long as they shall believe that compulsion tends to the religious improvement of students who need it compulsion will be retained...
...which one man is paid to do the work of another. This puts the custom on a par with that despicable custom of having servitors at English colleges. It is probable, however, that all arguments on this matter will be useless. Every man in college ought to refuse to uphold such a custom...
...association have taken great pains to make this tournament a successful one in every respect; and all tennis players should feel called upon to assist them by entering, even if they do not feel confident of carrying off the cups offered for the winners. Harvard has her reputation to uphold in tennis as in the other branches of athletics; a very good showing was made last autumn, but of course the more good players we can bring forward, the better chance we have for keeping up this reputation. So we exhort every man who has ever played to come...
...Cerberus, will not lull the students in general to overlook the inconveniences arising from the preparation of the gymnasium for general social purposes, the danger from a slippery floor, and the misplacement of apparatus. We do not wish to grumble, or seem unreasonable; we would simply uphold the old mixim, of "a place for everything and everything in its place." If the general public of Cambridge desires a social reunion, let the public spirited among them give, for such purposes, a hall commensurate with their purses...