Word: students
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...cannot fail to appreciate the hospitaiity extended to foreigners there, nor fail to observe the same good fellowship among students which prevails in American colleges. There is the same genius of intellectual life, and much the same of athletic spirit. The French, German or English student is a lover of out-door life...
...proctor, also, is an important factor in British universities and exercises much more authority than in American colleges. He usually is accompanied in his rounds by two men of athletic accomplishments, notably that of running. If he accosts a man and desires an explanation of some offense the student may give him his name and address and appear before him the next morning and pay a small fine, or he may turn and run. In this case the assistants play their part. If they catch him his fine is doubled for running away. The general life of students in continental...
...prominent feature of student life on the Continent is the part he plays in politics. In Portugal and Spain they have not unfrequently led riots. In Paris during the Boulanger fever they came out with a declaration against him and in support of the government...
...most noticeable characteristic of student life and thought in European universities, perhaps, is its depth-the desire to go to the root of matters. They are apt to be narrower than we are, in some respects, and to dislike organizations, but on the other hand they are more in earnest and deeper in their life and thought...
...fund, and Harvard's absence would be conspicuous. Harvard ought not to hesitate about subscribing, and subscribing more liberally than any other college. The burden upon any one man will be small. Only one dollar will be asked, and that need not be paid before June. If every student subscribes one dollar the Harvard fund will count up handsomely. Since the individual subscriptions will be small, every man ought to give his name readily to the canvassers and persuade his friends, both in college and outside, to follow his example. Harvard has always supported her athletic teams liberally. Here...