Word: young
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Smith, L. H., H. 14. Young...
...young chieftains thereabout...
...hold of the custom lies mainly in that conservative instinct which makes us all slow to give up an old usage, even though a mischievous one; and doubly so when its abandonment may seem due to lack of spirit. This instinct is strongest where experience is least; and young men can hardly be expected to resolve not to do what their predecessors for generations have done, unless they receive in this course encouragement and support from the emphatic counsels and warnings of those whose opinions and advice they have learned to respect and follow...
...conclusion, we would call the attention both of the Freshmen and the higher classes, to the fact that such conduct as would be expected from boys is not that which is hoped for from cultivated young men. We print below a Circular from the Dean, which exactly expresses our opinion on the subject of hazing; and we have a word to say in relation to the new Commons in Alumni Hall. Let howls and bread-fights become things of the past; and let allowance be made for the jars which must occur in the working of so new and vast...
...hearty as the request. Let us remember that the opportunity now offers to prove ourselves men, not only in word, but in deed. The eyes of other and similar institutions are upon us, ready to criticise any flaw in our system, to depreciate the liberty accorded to young men. We know that the constant cry of the public is that Harvard gives her students too much liberty, thereby implying that we know not how to use it. Prove the contrary, that in the end we may not hear the old story of "I told...