Word: working
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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These suggestions we offer in no captious or fault-finding spirit. The general character of work is so excellent that it seems a pity that these small defects should not be remedied...
...Freshman Crew give the impression to those who watch them carefully that several of the members are half-hearted in their work, and make but a semblance of training. These should realize that merely pulling a certain number of strokes, and running or walking a certain distance, is not the only requisite to secure and keep perfect condition. There are a thousand and one minor matters that need equal attention, and which one's sense of honor and duty only can enforce. They have the reputation of their class at stake, and anything tending, however indirectly, to damage that...
Cambridge-Oxford. Cambridge 'Varsity crew began hard work on February 26, and Oxford also started on strict training one day later. The composition of the crew is not as yet definitely decided...
...such injustice. That the evil exists every student well knows, however disinclined some may be, for very obvious reasons, to acknowledge or speak of it. Not only is the average system often unjust, but it is calculated, in the case of those students who strive only for marks, to work serious evil. The only way to avoid this result is courageously to sacrifice college rank to more solid advantages in after life...
...Providence, Philadelphia (2), Baltimore, Detroit, and Chicago, and who were all (save the last named) in attendance at the regular semi-annual meeting held in this city, January 11. I myself was present there by invitation, and was impressed by the straightforward, business-like way in which the accumulated work of the evening was disposed of. These men who manage the association do not make any money by it, nor advertise any locality through it, nor grind any axes with it. Their inspiring motive, so far as an outsider of some experience in such matters may judge, is an enthusiasm...