Word: leading
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...many victories which the class of '79 had won. "When we first entered these classic porticos," (she said), "it had been the custom for us to have no butter-plates. We who had been brought up in the lap of elegance and refinement, - we who were to lead the society of our country, - we who were to push on the engine of progress to realms of perfection, - were deprived, not of a luxury, but of a necessity. (Applause.) What did we do? Why, we sent in a petition, - we waited, - and the next morning butter-plates smiled...
...final heat of the 220-yard dash, the two winners again started side by side. For the first third of the race Mr. Lee held the lead. Then Mr. Wendell passed him with a fine spurt, and at that moment something happened to one of Mr. Lee's legs which rendered it necessary for him to drop out of the race and leave it to his adversary, in a manner somewhat similar to that in which the previous dash had been left...
...enjoyment. These private retiring-rooms will be also supplied with open fireplaces. The seats in the recitation-rooms will be so arranged that the light from the windows will fall over the left shoulders of the students. At the easterly end of the main hall a staircase will lead to the floor above, these stairs being twelve feet wide, with carved wooden balustrade...
...Honours, will have less instigation, for the worth of a part will certainly be greatly diminished. Those who now do not stand well at all in any subject will not be much affected by "honourable mention"; if desire for knowledge, a position on the rank-list, etc., will not lead a man to study at all, it is not likely that the prospect of being "mentioned" will spur him on to exertion...
...hundred dollars to a successful essayist without asking questions or requiring awkward confessions, it is difficult to see why it would not be well to encourage general scholarship in precisely the same way. In the case of "bread studies," the hope of the solid gain to which they lead makes other stimulus unnecessary. But a college wishing to compete with them in securing young men of the first promise may properly offer some recompense for that exceptional cultivation which is more likely to benefit the community than to advance the fortunes of the individual...