Word: young
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...come in contact with the instructors outside of their courses. There should be occasions on which the students and members of the faculty can meet as man to man and exchange opinions. The gain would not be wholly to the students. Matured men may learn much from earnest young fellows. Our college conference meetings give us the desired opportunity. Meetings will be held every fortnight, at which prominent members of the faculty, and even outsiders will speak to the students informally on questions of the day, especially on subjects connected with the college. The informality of such an occasion...
THERE will be a meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association this evening at 6.45 in Lawrence Hall. All students are invited...
...following double list shows the number of young men who, presumably with an intent actually to enter college have passed in the last seven years proper examinations at Harvard for the academic department or Lawrece scientific school, at Yale for the academic department or Sheffield scientific school. This will afford the best comparison of the number of young men who have of late decided practically between the two colleges, resting presumably on the judgment of their parents or themselves...
...other than two facts assigned as reasons for a boy to avoid Harvard-one by parents and the other by sons. Of the two, the dread of the supposed luxuries of Harvard life and the expenses incidental is a stronger factor against the college than the aversion of the young men themselves to a place where (by reputation) athletic contests are frowned upon and (by fact) athletic contestants are of inferior calibre. The parental prejudice is widespread, while the boys get their ideas only if they have attended the large boarding schools. Yet it is almost as plain that...
...Warren contributes "A Comp Fire Story," in which he narrates the adventures of a number of young medical students who took part in a grave-robbing expedition. The story is a ghastly one, the writer giving full rein to his imagination. The story is strong and its interest is well sustained from beginning to end. The style is excellent and the narrative is consistent...