Word: whether
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...well made" there are some things which we must all do. Although it may not be necessary to have read Beattie's essay on "Classical Education" to be a cultivated man, it is true that nothing will give culture or, indeed, education so quickly as general outside reading. Whether it be supplemented by a college curriculum or manual labor it is the reading of books upon which we must found our cultivation. "Show me his books and I will tell you the man," is so true and invariably reliable that it is strange we do not take greater thought...
They request the students to consider whether the safety of the library and other university buildings, the rights of the people of Cambridge, and the desirable privacy of the yard were sufficiently regarded on the nights of the 17th and 19th. They invite the co-operation of all students in enforcing the abbey-mentioned restrictions...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON-The recent disturbances in the yard bring up the question as to whether the students are alone responsible. It has been maintained by many townsmen, and is the opinion of a large class of the men, that the faculty are directly responsible for much of the trouble. What is their attitude ? They say, "You shall not make a bonfire," and by a system of espionage, well calculated to arouse the opposition of the fellows, try to prevent any demonstrations. The result is a long and tedious delay to the inevitable celebrations. The proctors on one side...
...distribution of the elective pamphlets has raised anew in the minds of many freshmen the old question of whether the study of classics should be continued through another year. It is not our purpose to revive or review a question, which has been so long and ably discussed. But we do consider it imperative that all who are in any doubt whatever concerning the courses which they propose to elect for the coming year should fully understand and appreciate the importance of a just and conscientious decision with regard to their future studies. It is too often the case that...
...making some very handy rackets, adapted to ladies, and I can tell you our store is quite a picture gallery sometimes on a fine afternoon. I don't know whether it is that handsome women play tennis or playing tennis produces handsome women, but it must be one or the other...