Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...when he sets himself up as a representative of the University, can we not question his right to do so? Heretofore young men have come to Harvard to study and to fit themselves for future usefulness, and the College has appreciated them according to their devotion to such an aim. But we see that this is not the purpose of the editor of the Register. He merely trades on the good name of "student" to put money into his own pocket. If, to acquire his education, he were forced to do this, there might be some excuse for thus prostituting...
...objected that this is not the proper aim for a university, and that instruction of this kind belongs to the commercial college. But surely, the fact that more than half the graduates in every class go into business, and that the others have more or less to do with money matters, shows that, although the practical may be unduly set aside here, it will force itself to the front in after life. The University has the power to combine both; and the time has come for it to give the experiment a fair trial. Hitherto it has disregarded the aims...
PARK THEATRE. The Weathersby-Goodwin Froliques appeared at this theatre on Monday last, before a large audience, in their specialty, "Hobbies." The play, whilst necessarily very superficial, is bright and sparkling, and excellently adapted to amuse, - its sole aim. The burden of the performance is admirably sustained by Mr. Goodwin. Possessing an undeniably rich vein of humor, he acts with charming verve and freshness, and his impersonation of Prof. Pygmalion Whiffles, alike in conception and execution, proves him a comedian of decided talent. Mr. Goodwin's imitations of noted actors are also very clever. The rest of the troupe fill...
...from church. Censure marks are, therefore, wholly dispensed with, and "absences" take their place. Seniors and Juniors, since they have voluntary recitations, will not be allowed so many "absences" as Sophomores and Freshmen. The proportion, as soon as it is determined, will be put on the bulletin board. The aim of these changes is to lessen the number of possible ways of Probation or Suspension, and to leave no occasion for the plea of ignorance of the law. But absences from religious exercises cannot be added to absences from college exercises to occasion any penalty...
...make the most of the advantages it possesses should be the aim of each department in our University, and to none does this apply more directly than to the Library. That its advantages have not been fully developed is self-evident from the fact that it has not yet been thrown open to students in the evening as well as during the day. That this has been accomplished 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...