Word: place
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...erected to their memory is the most complete. Goethe stands before. erect, proud, and stately; Schiller a little taller is looking out into the distance while Goethe holds in his hand a laurel crown which he seems to think no man has a better right than himself to place upon the head of Schiller his nearest rival and dearest friend...
...Association will be held in Hamilton Hall. An oration, an essay, and a debate on the question of coeducation, will compose the exercises. The great event of the college year will be on February 4, when the inauguration of Mr. Sech Low as president of the college will take place in the Metropolitan Opera House...
...FAIRBANK.PIERIAN SODALITY.- Full rehearsal at 7 p. m. sharp. Any member who does not attend this rehearsal will find his place filled at the date of the concert...
...These contests and their results attract a class of fellows to college that have no proper place there. The consequences are that a bad tone, morally and intellectually, is given to the college, interest in scholarly pursuits is decreased, degrees are given to many without the slightest real claim. Instead of an atmosphere of scholarship, the tendency is towards an atmosphere of professional training. The professors find little responsiveness in their class rooms, become disgusted, and do not give out the best that is in them...
...teams, and by the attendance at college of men who come only for athletics. All of these charges have been answered time and again, and repetition is unnecessary. On the other side of the case the great fact that has been proved is that athletics have taken the place of other interests and practices which had nothing whatever to recommend them. It is admitted that colleges which devote the most attention to athletics are the most free from hazing, rushing, and other customs which were universal before the introduction of athletics. There is a superabundance of energy in the average...