Word: standardness
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...general effect of these resolutions is to defeat one of the ends in view, namely, making athletics more general by lowering the standard and lessening the general interest...
...rules founded on the principle that each student was received as a gentleman and would be expelled whenever his conduct proved that he was not. Pres. Seelye says it is the unquestioned judgment of the faculty that there has been a great gain in regularity of attendance and standard of scholarship. No punishments are prescribed. The misbehaving student is not sent away nor even shut out of the recitation rooms, but no attention whatever is paid...
Both Faculty and students are anxious to elevate the standard of athletics in college, and anything having this tendency, which shall be proposed by the faculty, cannot but meet with the hearty approbation and co-operation of the students...
...growth from year to year of a catholic spirit which naturally distinguishes the University from the College, and which eradicates gradually from its members the petty prejudices which too often vex the souls of undergraduates. Starting on a higher plane and with a more exacting standard than other clubs, its course thus far promises a future more splendid and useful than any other predecessors or contemporaries. I have heard complaints from within and without that its rules were too strict and exclusive. But I do not hesitate to say that I hope they will never be modified. And this...
...University of Michigan has felt compelled to give up the "standard" time because the city authorities refused to adopt it, and the confusion resulting from two systems was too great...