Word: citizens
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: An example of a judicious use of hissing occurred in Sever 11 Wednesday afternoon at Prof. James' lecture. Every American citizen has a right to hiss anything that displeases him, and this right was exercised in a good cause on that occasion. The lecture room was packed to its fullest capacity and of course the closeness was almost unbearable. Last year a man fainted at the very corresponding lecture in this course. In spite of this, a man near the windows attempted to close the few windows that were open. The rest of the audience very properly...
...that paper; and he contributed several articles to its columns. His interest in the Divinity School also was always active; and in many other ways he showed his concern in the prosperity of his Alma Mater and her sons. The Nation speaks of him with high praise as a citizen, and says: "He was the minister of a very small denomination, but there was no public interest which did not owe something to his untiring activity, his ready sympathy and generosity, and his remarkable powers of statement and persuasion...
Sensible as ever: President Chadbourne of the Agricultural Colleges, so miscalled, says that no young man should go to college until he is old enough to know what he goes for, nor stay a day after he forgets his duty as a citizen, or fails to profit by the advantages afforded him. College rowdies belong at the reform school. - [Herald...
...last meeting of the board of overseers, the rule requiring one of the bondsmen of each student to be a resident of Massachusetts, was changed so that now any suitable citizen of the United States will be accepted...
...heavily bribed to faint while the race is in progress, but there is no doubt that the bribes which have also been paid to them to induce them to win are very large. The betting, at last advices, was even, but President Hanlon, of Harvard, confidently informed a leading citizen of Boston yesterday that he might safely put his bottom dollar on Harvard. - [Harper's Monthly...