Word: particular
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...club is activery at work in the particular field which it has marked for itself, and will doubtless accomplish much good by making men who come here from other colleges feel perfectly at home...
...presented themselves last evening at the first trial of candidates for the Glee Club. There were no candidates for the first tenor part and very few for the second bass. Among those trying for the two middle parts were several good voices. The club needs first tenors in particular and all who sing this part are urged to try. There will be a second trial tomorrow evening at Robert's Hall at which all who could not be present last evening will be given an opportunity. Following is a list of those who sang last evening: second tenor, Tremain, Sever...
...advantages of this scheme are obvious. By the old system the election of freshman officers was often to say the least, hasty and illconsidered, and as a result the various teams were more or less handicapped in their subsequent work. By the choice of temporary captains, however, this particular difficulty may be obviated, for if these captains prove inefficient their places may easily be filled when the various teams once organized meet for their permenant election. A little reflection shows how much superior this method is to the method once in vogue. The freshman class with all its discretion cannot...
...parson passed down the aisle. This practice of our Puritan ancestors was doubtless due to the reverence paid to superiors, and especially toministers in those days, and indeed the college authorities formulated rules specifying the exact conduct to be followed by a student in each particular on meeting a superior. One of the rules was as follows: "A student shall raise his hat at a distance of ten rods from the president, at eight rods from a professor, and at five rods from a tutor." In 1776, when Battell Chapel was first occupied, President Porter attempted to abolish the senior...
...Harvard freshman teams, as we have often said, are 'varsity representatives. In their contests with Yale in particular they represent and are supported by the whole university. By the disgraceful action of the nine Saturday, odium is brought not only upon Ninety-two, but upon all the rest of university as well. Harvard athletics have been in so precarious a state for the past few years that everything file this counts doubly against the whole system. Had the nine been beaten in a squarely played game nothing would have been said, but to be soundly thrashed without an attempt...