Word: keeping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...captain shall select the umpire, who shall appoint the day, keep the official score, and judge the goals, etc. This umpire shall have full power, and his decision as to facts shall be final...
...What are my impressions of the university? Well, to tell the truth, I had some very distinct impressions of Harvard before I came here, and I cannot say that they have changed very materially. We editors, you know, keep our eyes on the whole world, and we know what is going on at all the great colleges and universities, whether they are in Heidelberg, Germany, or in Cambridge, America. I have walked about the college grounds a good deal during my visit here, and I have seen many fine fellows among the students here. I have met a number...
...materially from that in vogue at Oxford. In the English university the discipline is quite rigid. The college gates are closed at a certain hour of the night, and the students are supposed to be within college limits at that time. There are other restrictions that are designed to keep the members of the university more or less in check. At Harvard, no such strictness of discipline prevails. The students are given a wider liberty, and each man is thereby thrown upon his own responsibility. The effects of the two systems are, of course, widely different. The discipline of Oxford...
Considering the question in this light he continued, saying that all education must look to soundness of the body primarily. The student cannot neglect his body except at the expense of his mind; hence the necessity of laying down strict rules to keep the body healthy. Correct habits of eating, of sleeping and of cleanliness should be aimed at is an even development physically, not large muscles, but sound respiration, erect and easy carriage, evenly strong limbs, back and arms. Such a symetrical development of the muscular nature gives an even, placid, firm mental temperament. Then, too the vigorous body...
...material. Reports come to him of new and promising men in the university who play football but for various reasons have not come out. He is very anxious to meet every man in college who plays the game, and it is hoped that new men will not let anything keep them from becoming candidates for the eleven...