Word: generalizes
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...students. The intention of the University crew is to hire boats this year of Blakie, instead of purchasing them. There are several boats which the association will soon sell at auction. The money thus derived will be used in reducing the debt, or in defraying a part of the general expenses. The keys of the boat-house are now ready for members. It is reasonable to hope that the appeal soon to be made to the generosity of the undergraduates will bring forth at least a part of the sum which the Boat Club both deserves and needs...
...example, should, after occupying a room on the lower floor of Thayer for three years, have the privilege of at last securing a more desirable position in the college buildings. But under the present regulations he is excluded from any such privilege, and must take his chances in the general lottery. Even the plan adopted by a few last year of getting a Senior to retain his room, with the view of transferring it to them, is now impracticable, as a Senior would this year be required to sign an agreement to occupy in person the room retained...
...authorities will forbid these brutal displays, and that the art of rowing may be sufficiently well cultivated in each college by itself. It is thought, too, that "it the regatta crews could be drawn by lot from the undergraduates, so that the chance of selection would call out a general physical education, the whole aspect of the case would be very different." There is no doubt about the altered aspect. The opinion of Professor Hadley of Yale is quoted to the effect that the Yale oarsmen have been so often beaten because they have been good scholars, implying that boating...
However graceful and musical such poetry may be, the amount of dictionary work involved is more than sufficient to deter the general reader from dipping very deep into...
...gloves, and of which they are absolutely ignorant. Men intending to enter any active pursuit, to attain success in which will require all their time and powers, will probably never have more time at their disposal than here; and yet how few ever think of doing any of that general reading, without a knowledge of which no man can be said to be truly cultivated, not to say educated. To how many is our library merely a place from which to obtain "ponies" and theme-books. The broad principles of self-education, with the college courses and advantages as accessories...