Word: various
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...singular fact that a great preponderance of numbers in one sex over the other, unrestrained by ties of family and without the natural dependence of different occupations and stations of life upon each other, almost invariably defines a locality in which the various forms of crime exist to excess...
...foot-ball field, together with the near prospect of a game with Yale, has awakened a lively interest in foot-ball throughout the College. It is well known that Harvard declined to join the Association of Colleges, owing to the radical difference of our rules from those of the various other colleges. Though in so doing we laid ourselves open to criticism, yet an impartial observer must assent on consideration to the expediency of our decision. We did not in the least assert that our rules were the best; nor, as a Yale paper unjustly remarked at the time...
...more or less narrow-minded - for any subject, which is the result of exclusive attention and concentrated desire to excel. Our elective and lecture systems, our evening readings, present so many branches of study in such varied and attractive forms, that we are tempted to sip the sweets of various flowers, and leave any of them the moment when the taste becomes less pleasant or the appetite is cloyed. Hence this prevailing superficialness; the vast majority of students will choose "soft" or entertaining courses, which have little or no connection one with the other; while the readings and lectures, like...
...evening readings which began two weeks ago have proved as much of a success, so far, as the originators could possibly wish. They have been attended by large audiences, made up principally of undergraduates and partially of professors, students in the various schools, and residents of Cambridge, including some ladies. Although the first announcement of the readings stated only that they were open to the members of the University, the additions to the audiences have been apparently received with pleasure by the readers. Before beginning his first reading, Professor Child stated the object of the course in a few words...
...instruction in elocution; a desire which, from the number of articles we have from time to time received on the subject, we should judge to be very general among our contributors. As instruction is now given to two of the classes, and as opportunities for practice in the various electives are quite numerous, we imagine that the authorities intend to satisfy this desire as fully as possible, and we therefore do not print the article in question. But we take advantage of the opportunity to propose once more the establishment of a general club, similar to the unions of Oxford...