Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...influence more or less beneficial to students possessing social position and means than to those who possess neither. In other words, it appeals to all sorts of students and inasmuch as the club does this is its influence a broadening one and of the most vital use to the university...
...distinctly to the history of romanticism. They met with an extraordinary success, which was due to their conformity to the state of the contemporary mind, to their eloquence, an unusual quality in the novel,- and finally to the fact that these books approached questions of universal interest and of vital importance to the very existence of society...
...union this year is no less than in former years. The membership is about four hundred, and the number of instructors and officers from Harvard is almost sixty. Attendance at classes has been slightly better than usual, and the quality of instruction has improved. In other respects no vital changes have occurred. P. M. Tucker '99, has recently been elected chairman of the lecture committee to arrange lectures for the Wednesday evening meetings...
...Stagg of Chicago University and A. P. Everett of the University of Illinois, were sent out after a final conference Tuesday. The rules must be now submitted to the seven universities which united in appointing the committee. Alterations in the rules are less sweeping than many expected. The vital change is that radically altering the present system of scoring. The goal after a touchdown is fixed to count for only one additional point, the drop kick for four, the place kick for three and the safety...
Every undergraduate ought to think carefully about the projected University Club,- What he means such a club should be, and what ends he expects it to serve, on Tuesday next come to the mass meeting prepared to listen and to speak intellectually. It is a vital question, going to the very essence of our social life here at the University...