Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...able to coach the University Crew during the entire year. Every one knows that this is one of the seasons which are sure to come every three or four years, when the crew is composed, for the most part, of new men, and when there is all the more reason why their training should be most carefully looked after. It is safe to say that the men who are to row against Yale next June must be in better form than any Harvard has yet turned out, and that this is possible under Mr. Bancroft's direction we may confidently...
...enterprise might sometimes be better employed in keeping one of the older organizations upon its feet. If a number of men who would not otherwise take part in an established society wish to devote themselves to some interest which they have in common, we see no reason why they should not do so. But if these men will leave some older organization, which needs their support, to start a new one, which may fall to pieces after a short and precarious existence, we think they should consider well before making the attempt. It is better to have a few well...
...good, and because it will save much trouble at the office. "Warnings" have taken the place of "Private Admonitions," and "Admonitions" of "Public Admonitions," while "Parietal Admonitions" are no longer in the list to enforce discipline. The use of the word "absence" is rather arbitrary, and for that very reason deserves to be remarked. "Absence from a recitation" is taken as the unit of censure by which all failures, enumerated in section 30, to perform duties, are measured. All failures to attend church or prayers are referred to "one absence from prayers" as an unit of censure, five of which...
...successfully in the Boston Public Library is well known, and should satisfy the Library Council that the experiment might be made here with similar beneficial results. Heretofore, the principal objection to so doing has been based on the great danger there would be of fire; but we see no reason why this danger should apply to our Library more than to that in Boston. We hope that the additional expense which would be necessary is not at the bottom of the difficulty; but even this ought to be incurred, if it can accomplish an equivalent amount of good. And this...
...second reason is one which would be expected to be convincing enough to any gentleman in the Faculty, and, indeed, to any man of a balanced and logical mind. If the Bursar has a right to say who shall black our boots, he has a right to say who shall put down our carpets, who mend our furniture, who cut our trousers, and who shave us. In spite of our logical, philosophical, and metaphysical training, I have not yet seen a man good enough at drawing distinctions to distinguish two different principles in these several cases. Thus, while every...