Word: long
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Long braids of golden hair...
...should be encouraged in his endeavors. Men look at marks in different lights. One may think that he has done well in getting seventy per cent, while another, working for honors perhaps, would think the same mark too low. Whatever may be the pleas for and against marks, as long as we have them at all, it is but just that the student should know the result of his labors, and that, too, as soon as possible after the examination...
...this article boldly claims that the present scholarships are not charities. If it can be shown that they are not, there is nothing more to be said; but it is so plain that they are that even President Eliot has rather given up this line of argument. As long as the Catalogue says, "None but those who need assistance are expected to apply," it will be hard to convince the average intelligence that money given in so-called scholarships is not a charity. The arguments of "T." on this point are somewhat plausible, but they seem to us unsound...
...first bout, while Mr. Brigham showed admirable quickness in ducking, and in hitting effective "wind" blows, Mr. Guiteras, by his long reach, succeeded in getting in a majority of "face" hits and in showing superior style. He won the bout...
...which Mr. Guiteras, apparently the cooler of the two, got in a succession of powerful upper-cuts. The third round was a repetition of the preceding, though more even. Two or three times the ushers were obliged to separate the sparrers, to the amusement of the audience. After a long consultation the judges decided the bout in favor of Mr. Guiteras, who will finally contest with Mr. Gaston tomorrow, when any entries in "feather-weight" sparring - hitherto omitted through oversight - may also be made...