Word: impression
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...obvious desire of the authorities to spread their advantages as widely as possible over Canada; not to make them the privilege of the few and wealthy. In this way they were not following the old English universities, but those which had left on the Scottish character an impress which was ineffaceable, and which had contributed to place Scotsmen in the foremost place in every country they visited. He was also struck by the elasticity of their system. By allowing advanced students to be examined in either literature, mathematics, or mental or moral science, they were singularly fortunate in avoiding...
...thought very doubtful if the old comedy was equally suitable for revival. And, notwithstanding the brilliant success of the performances, this doubt has been in great part justified, for most of the fun and fooling in the play resembled a modern pantomime too closely to be very interesting or impressive, while when the satire was mot of a modern kind, its point was entirely missed, except by the learned few. There was no idea dominating the whole play and leaving its impress upon the spectators; on the contrary, its interest consisted of variety of incident, and its success was owing...
...thing more than another could impress one with a sense of the greatness and dignity of this university, it would be the extraordinary quality of the horses and vehicles in the possession of the college and employed in various services about the buildings and grounds. Occasionally in the pleasant season one catches sight of a melancholy Rozinante painfully dragging a curious cart of delicate years about the grounds, engaged in carrying lumber or removing rubbish of some sort. But it is with the first snow-fall that this steed prances forth, shedding about him the last feeble rays...
Tonight the Glee Club-Pierian concert is to be given. We would again impress upon the college the necessity of supporting these two societies by a large attendance, and would again state that this attendance is a debt which the college owes to both clubs. We do not believe that there is another college in the land where it would be necessary to make such appeals in order to secure the clubs a good support. The fact that each year it seems to be necessary to urge the students to show at least a fairly patriotic spirit towards them does...
...Spirit of the Times in its report of the Harvard-University of Penn sylvania foot-ball game reflects very severely on the bad blood displayed by several of the piayers, to say nothing of the bad language used. If this report is to be credited we must impress upon Harvard the necessity of mending her manners before playing the championship games. She must not for a moment forget that it is her mission, to which the vulgar straining for victory must ever be secondary, to set before less favored colleges a shining example of how the cultured gentleman plays foot...