Word: fair
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...years. Not only are some of the articles without merit but several have grave faults, and the number as a whole has no redeeming features.- except its copious clippings from the Christian Union. The first editorial discusses the football question in a spirit hardly compatible with the principles of fair play laid down by Harvard. The writer urges that our position should be maintained simply because we have adopted it, and concludes: "At any-rate whatever happens-since Harvard has taken a certain course we think men ought not to make fun of it but defend it, and bear...
...nine, and the president of the BaseBall Association; on the finance committee, the treasurers of the BaseBall, FootBall and Athletic Associations, the university treasurer, and the captain of the eleven. The graduates have been at so great an expense in improving the varsity grounds that it is not thought fair to call or their aid in this matter, so the expense will have to be borne entirely by the undergraduates. The FootBall Association has contributed generously towards the fund, from its surplus, so what remains, about $1.500 will have to be raised directly from the students by subscription. This collection...
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...transfer of the Thanksgiving to the Christmas vacation is made again this year, and bids fair to become permanent. No other change is observable in the calendar...
...teach the subjects which are to be taught in the colleges and high schools and academies in the best manner we can. In Germany the teacher shows how the subject should be taught. In regard to the preparation of the teacher, he thought Harvard had done her fair share of the work during the last thirty years. The methods of teaching the principal subjects have fundamentally changed at Harvard within twenty years, and I suppose it is the case in other colleges. If, therefore, we are right in our present methods, what good would it do to teach...