Word: reflections
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...indirectly have no small bearing upon the land system of our country. In accordance with the College Regulations at least four students are required to pursue the subject; otherwise it is to be omitted for the year. This no doubt would be a misfortune in every respect and would reflect upon the intellectual breadth of the University...
...both processions and in this manner satisfy all classes alike. To this plan, however, we strongly object, as the result would probably be that neither procession would be fully attended. One of these processions is generally enough for most men. What we want is a large demonstration which will reflect credit upon the college and which will compare favorably with that of four years ago. To many men it is a matter of indifference whether they go in one or the other procession as long as they go at all, and such men should be willing...
...meeting of the club was called to order at 8.15, by Vice-President Cabot, '86. At the meeting of the Boat Club, the attendance was altogether too small to reflect much credit on the college. The only business transacted was the election of officers, which resulted as follows: President and senior director, R. McCook, '85; vice-president and junior director, T. H. Cabot, '86; Sophomore director, Barclay Tilton, '87; Manager, A. French, '85. After a few words from Captain Kimball, the meeting adjourned...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.-The various schemes that are proposed to change the nature and form of some of our college buildings are, to say the least, astonishing, and reflect great credit upon the ingenuity and imagination of the average student's mind. Harvard and Massachusetts Hall have tarnished abundant food to the minds of half a dozen inventive genie, and plan upon plan has been handed in to make the latter building useful as well as ornamental. The few examinations held in Massachusetts cannot compensate either faculty or students for the loss of valuable space which might be used...
...view of the demands of the modern spirit upon our colleges, so well expressed by President Eliot in this article, it is pleasant to reflect that Harvard falls short of the requirements of the new ideal perhaps as little as any college in America, with possibly one exception, and that in the department of historical study so notably patronized by President Eliot, her position is that of a leader. Already the fame of the college in attracting the more serious students of the higher branches has been largely increased by the widespread reputation of its history department. With eighteen regular...