Word: sentimentality
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...night, would lower himself enough to look down upon one such scene as this, he would at least be compelled to confess that the human form is capable of more poetry than can be found at the average gossipy tea drinks." And then with a grand burst of philosophical sentiment he exclaims, "And does a creating Divinity forbid his humanity's making the most of the powers he has given to it to make itself beautiful in form and happy? and movement?" No! we emphatically reply, no! A creating Divinity never forbade his humanity's making itself beautiful in form...
...objection made by some of the colleges to the retention of Amherst in the league is simply that games with her were hardly of enough importance to warrant the time spent in travelling. There is a considerable sentiment at Harvard, however, in favor of Amherst's remaining in the association. In regard to Dartmouth there is more to be said. That college is so far away from all the others which compose the association that at least two days must be spent in travel for every game that is played. Besides this, bad weather may prevent a game, in which...
...were in favor of sending a committee to confer with Harvard. At the meeting Monday the presiding officer asked if there were any present who entertained any such views, in order that they might be heard. The college generally resent such an imputation, and claim general unanimity in sentiment endorsing the letter of the advisory committee...
...view of these facts, the board of managers have seen fit to offer him extra inducements to retain the position. Every member will endorse them in this action, and we feel sure that we voice the general sentiment of the college when we urge upon the superintendent to consider carefully the needs of the society before deciding to give up his present office...
...Harvard in which he regretted that, during his abscence, Yale had not been informed that all Harvard's boating interests had been entrusted to the hands of a graduate committee. He asked that Yale appoint a similar committee to confer with theirs. "Now it has always been the sentiment here," says the News, "that our boating be confined to the under-graduates as much as possible: they row the races, they should have the say. However, out of courtesy, our present committee thought such a committee might be temporarily appointed, but not until there was something for them to confer...