Word: checked
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Dwight's article we find a theory of education of which the culminating triumph would be a character like Spinoza, The present interest in athletics may be pushed to an extreme; if so, it is but a healthy reaction and will soon right itself. We must try to check the evil without resigning the good; for, at all events, the "muscular Christian" is preferable to the languid swell. The present state of things - in Harvard, at least - comes entirely from the general indifference of society to success in study. Until it is more of a disgrace to be dropped than...
...coming over Yale in respect of her relations with Harvard. It is absurd to think that the experience of the last four years, and the annoyances borne by Harvard and Yale, have been completely thrown away; and that the colleges have not made some advance in their endeavors to check that boyish ardor and misplaced enthusiasm which have been the source of so many quarrels between the two colleges...
...future meetings of the H. U. B. C. the voting will be done by the check-list. No one who has failed to pay his entrance-fee of $3.00 will be allowed to vote. An important meeting will be held soon to decide whether Harvard will remain longer in the Rowing Association of American Colleges. Any one whose entrance fee is not paid should communicate with the Secretary at once...
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