Word: standardness
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...which they have made bids fair to render the coming meetings the most successful that have ever been held here. The "squad" drill has brought out and developed several promising athletes, who it is to be hoped will enter. The fact is becoming more and more evident, that the standard of excellence is being gradually raised, and that only those who train faithfully in their respective branches can expect to win. We believe that the custom of having a Ladies' Day, so satisfactorily introduced last year, is to be kept up this, and in closing, we advise the Freshmen...
...Harvard, and at almost all the other New England colleges, has not increased very perceptibly during the past five years, which is attributed to the financial depression following the crisis of 1873. But here other causes have also been at work, such as the check imposed by raising the standard of examination...
...should not lead them to feel too much confidence in themselves, for it is needless to say that they will find Princeton and Yale teams very different opponents from those of Saturday's game. Constant and energetic practice is needed to bring the playing up to the proper standard, if we are to win the championship this year...
...great body of its supporters the greater number of those who believe in equality before the law, popular education, good morals, and social progress. Having made his choice, he will have an ample field for constant activity and watchfulness in trying to keep his party up to its own standard of professions and purposes...
...more than one or two figures of speech in the same line may be attributed the bare, prosaic nature of the English poets, - notably Shakspeare and Tennyson. The celebrated phrase "To take arms against a sea of troubles," which some have ignorantly criticised, is still far below the Harvard standard. A Harvard poet would have written, "To gather arms," or "To reap arms." The following lines deserve to take rank among the finest in the language...