Word: attractable
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...Harvard and Yale as colleges which held out inducements to students by offering prizes at the freshman examinations. We do not know what is the practice at Yale, but at Harvard no prizes of any description are awarded at the freshman examinations. Harvard depends upon her own merits to attract students to its halls, and does not need any little system like that which the Princetonian advocates, to add to the size of her already rapidly growing freshman classes...
...exposed to the caprices of any individual; he must not be waiting to hear what he is to pray for; he must be borne along by a familiar service which gives utterance to the primary, daily needs of every man. References to passing events may serve to attract attention - if made eloquently they may move, if made blunderingly they may amuse or disgust - but the office of daily prayers is to bring the passing and casual under the shadow of the eternal; to make a man feel that amid the confusion of his hurried life, he can lay hold...
...possible in such courses as sophomore and junior themes. There are not many men who would be guilty of such an act, and in any case such men are not the ones who are much benefited by their sojourn at Harvard, nor the ones whom the college wishes to attract. The real burden would come on the instructors, especially in the popular courses, for a system of monthly theses would entail a tremendous amount of work, although it would be lightened by the fact that the general impression produced by a thesis would be sufficient to determine the grade...
...that we have been doing, and can do such good work in the department of Political Economy cannot fail to draw students here. The subject has of late been demanding much attention every-where. Accordingly, the lead which Harvard takes in discussing the important questions on the topic must attract many who are believers in the New Education...
...when that attention is in the paths of trade. A man of influence cannot fail to exhibit that refinement even in business. The truth of this is found in the patronage which the more artistic merchants receive from the students of Harvard. A merchant who directs his business to attract as well as satisfy his customers will always find a ready appreciation of his efforts. We have at last the ideal realized in Mr. Beckhard's palatial store under the extension of Parker's on Tremont Street. The most refined taste has been expended in the presentation of his business...