Word: sides
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...second of a series of talks on choosing a profession was given last evening in Sever 11 by Hon. Jeremiah Smith of New Hampshire. The speaker was introduced by President Eliot, and spoke first of the law profession as viewed from the side of truth and honor. Many men have believed and do believe it impossible for a man to practice law without a deviation from strict truth. Carlyle's outspoken opinions on the subject of lawyers are well known and Matthew Arnold once said that he was thankful when a friend of his escaped from...
Finally the voice of undergraduates is, without exaggeration, almost unanimous against shortening the course. They appreciate that a great, if not the greatest part of value of their college life lies in its social side. They are very unwilling to lose their senior year, the most valuable of all; for they realize that it is only then that they grow out of cliques and chance acquaintanceships, form lasting friendships, and become recognized and recognize others at their true worth...
...Yale," and "Four Years at Yale," set forth in a pleasing manner, undergraduate social life. "Sketches of Yale Life," edited by J. Addison Porter, is a compilation of pieces from the Yale Lit, which bear especially upon college life. President Porter's sermons and Baccalaureate addresses throw many side lights on the history of the college. Finally, the athletic side of the college is represented by Hurd's "Yale Athletics" which gives the history of the various Yale teams up to the present day, and runs as far back as it is possible to obtain authentic information...
...when it rows the old Bancroft stroke. When a crew has learned to hold the slide it can be taught to use the legs properly in a few weeks. It is a matter of months if the men learn to kick out their slides. To be on the safe side, Mr. Keyes will teach the men at first to hold the slide at the beginning. After the men have learned almost every other thing that will be expected of them, they will be coached on leg work as the true source of speed...
...book there is an appendix giving a summary of the tariff schedule of the United States. Professor MacVane's system, as is proper in a book of such moderate size, is to state all laws and arguments clearly and with justice to each side without intimation of the author's private opinion. For in stance, in the chapter on Free Trade, the principles are enumerated, after which follows a simple statement of the arguments brought up by the Protectionists in favor of the present tariff system in favor of the present tariff system in the United States. This is followed...