Word: working
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Seniors have petitioned for less work. They now have eighteen hours a week...
...Seniors have petitioned to the trustees for the removal of the "Finals," examinations which cover the ground of the Freshman and Sophomore work...
...morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present, - I am rising to the work of a human being. .... Have I been made for this, to lie in the bedclothes and keep myself warm? But this is more pleasant. Dost thou exist, then, to take thy pleasure, and not at all for action or exertion...
...this sentiment in regard to work I ascribe what truth there may be in the opinion which I have quoted. To say that the sentiment ought to be corrected would be a mere truism. Of this we may be sure, that in the long run hard work will tell against liberal advantages. Harvard men are now judged in the outside world by their catalogue and list of electives; and their agreeable manners serve to heighten the favorable impression. But in time the artificiality and unfitness for real life of most Harvard men will be discovered...
...present case the change is not one that could cause much trouble, but it would be quite an unpleasant surprise to one who intended to pursue a course in Fine Arts with ardor to find that Mechanics had been put in its place. Is the elective system meant to work in two ways: we choosing what we wish to take, and then the professors what they wish to give us? I remain...