Word: sentimental
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sentiment of the college is in favor of the erection of such a tank and a site has been chosen and approved by the boating men. Funds only are lacking and it seems to us that in the present state of college feeling, the raising of such funds would not be a difficult matter. We all desire to see Harvard in athletics restored to her old position in the foremost rank of American colleges. Each successive defeat pushes us further from the front and if we do not desire to see in the spring one more victory added to Yale...
Leaving aside the question as to whether the athletic victories of a college draws students within its doors, let us find out the prevailing sentiment of those who have Harvard's best interests near at heart. Graduates and undergraduates, after thoroughly examining why Harvard's crews and teams have been so universally beaten lately, have reached the conclusion that our teams have been handicapped from the outset. What is the ??? of competing with other colleges if we cannot do so on an equal footing? What is the use of awakening vain hopes foredoomed to disappointment? Two plans are suggested...
Owing to the want of a large meeting room in the Johns Hopkins University, no canvass for the coming election has been held; the political sentiment, as far as it is known, is strongly democratic...
...accordance with the call issued a few days ago to the republicans of the University, a strong organization has been formed for the purpose of unifying the sentiment of those who favor the election of the republican candidates in the Presidential contest and of giving expression to that sentiment in a public meeting. The officers of the club have been hard at work and report that their efforts have met with gratifying success. A rally under the auspices of the club will be held at Tremont Temple in Boston on Friday evening next a 8 o'clock. The Chairman...
...editorials are written with the usual force, though perhaps if the three on our athletic outlook were condensed into one, the effect might be more striking. The editorial on Bloody Monday punches is an expression of the best sentiment of the college and is a well-timed protest against a custom, which has become a disgrace. Ninety-two cannot complain of neglect. Mother Advocate, as she dubs herself editorially, coddles the freshmen with a tenderness almost touching, both in the editor's column and in "Topics of the Day." The latter is a few words of valuable advice which deserves...