Word: whether
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first place, the rule heretofore has been that if a man once gains possession of a court, he is allowed to hold that court as long as he is connected with the university. His right to the court continues whether he plays on it regularly or only at rare intervals. If be owns the court at the close of the fall season he still has a right to the court in the spring, even if he does not play on it until June. This seems to be an unreasonable privilege. Only men should have courts who use them. The season...
...humorous anecdote at his recent lecture, in illustration of the theory which many persons hold, that a narcotic of some kind is necessary for every one. While Mr. Higginson was travelling along the border of Kansas, a cattle ranger came through the cars, anxiously inquiring of every passenger whether they had any tobacco. All returned a negative answer, and, when at last the man reached Mr. Higginson, he was almost in despair. "You haven't got any tobacco 'round you?" he queried, in a pathetic tone. "No," was the reply; "I don't use it." "Don't use it?" exclaimed...
...deemed an improper person to exercise those functions at Harvard, is significant. We do not wish to indulge in captions criticism on the action of our athletic committee; but it certainly seems as though this action on the part of Princeton sustained the possibility of a doubt as to whether the action of our own faculty in the matter was not ill-advised...
These figures are significant and indicate clearly how great a change would be wrought in the life of the Harvard student if inter-collegiate sports should be abolished. In regard to the question as to whether the influence exerted is deleterious, we would commend a perusal of the article on our first page. Of course there is no danger of such a step being taken here as has been taken by the Amherst faculty; but a consideration of results which would follow such action at Harvard, with its numerous provisions for occupying the time and attention of its students...
...Transcript has the following ponderous joke: "It appears that his excellency's prodding of the Harvard Medical School is to find out whether the Harvard 'LL. D.' is worth accepting...