Word: seemed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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AFTER carefully reading the letter of "Churchman" in the last Advocate, and hearing the arguments of those who wish the time of the Spring Vacation changed, I must say that it does not seem to me that there is any adequate reason for doing so. There is not much probability of such a change being made, but as there is a principle involved, I should like to say a few words on the other side...
...weather and Lent together seem to have cast a gloom upon the minds of college editors in general. At least this is the most plausible excuse we are at present able to find for the lack of original material in any one of our exchanges. People of the new generation have introduced the new self-denial, - that of the fast of intellect; and were it not for events, which no one can control, and each other's business, which every one would like to control, there would not be much to remark...
...conditions of most of the existing scholarships have been fixed by their donors, and it would be difficult - and perhaps, in some cases, not even desirable - to change them. Still, opportunities for a new departure seem to exist, and future benefactors would be influenced by any views that were deliberately adopted by the authorities. The vigorous administration of President Eliot is a source of pride to graduates. He undoubtedly wishes to open the doors of Harvard to the very best talent this country can produce, without the slightest reference to the class of society from which it is drawn...
...fiction, the finest passages are seldom selected by the ordinary vandal; here, at least, he marks the best known parts, avoiding love passages lest he may seem sentimental...
...dissatisfaction on the part of the crews and the spectators, or both, I have become thoroughly convinced that the only hope of permanently establishing the annual University race at New London upon a satisfactory basis lies in keeping it absolutely disconnected from all other contests. So essential does it seem to me that the presumption raised in favor of the Thames course by the first fortunate trial of it should be strengthened by the satisfactory experience of several successive seasons until it can harden into a fixed tradition, that I account no precaution unreasonable which has a tendency to produce...