Word: superior
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...opportunity for such work as they propose to do is proved by the score of editorials which have appeared in the college papers founded, in most cases, as we believe, upon ignorance, not upon malice. The men who have come here from other colleges have been attracted by the superior opportunities which Harvard affords, and a statement by them that the Harvard system is not a failure will be of especial weight and significance...
...courses in electrical engineering added last fall to the curriculum of the Scientific School, and mentioned in another column, go far towards supplying an increasing demand among the scientific students of the University. This addition already makes our course in electricity superior to that pursued in many purely scientific schools. The present facilities, however, are inadequate for the purposes of the scientific faculty. It is firmly believed that many men would be glad to take a practical course in the workshop, especially as such a course would combine exercise with pleasure. In case this should prove true, as it undoubtedly...
...athletic clubs have divided themselves into two associations, the National Amateur Athletic Association and the New Amateur Athletic Union. Both of these associations have held several well-contested field meetings during the year, and the results of the meetings go far towards proving conclusively that the American athletes are superior to those from England and Ireland. Fewer records were made in running than in almost any other sport but of the record-breakers in sprinting, C. H. Sherill, Yale, '89, stands at the head. At New Haven, June 15, Sherrill ran 125 yards in 12 3-5 seconds, beating...
...suit the case in hand. Many attempts have been made to prevent this, but they are unsuccessful in lessening the evil, as the laws are constantly distorted in order to be made applicable to almost any case. Where there are so many laws, there must be one which is superior to all the others, and it is our duty to find that one and to live under...
...York concert given before the students had become wearied by constant travelling was far superior to that given in Cambridge two evenings previous, and, in the opinion of many, the best given in the metropolis by a college organization for many years. The audience was enthusiastic from the beginning. The yodels by Mr. Carpenter, the violin solos by Mr. Long-worth, '91, and the bass solos by Mr. Hackett. '91, as well as many of the college songs, received hearty encores. The success most pleasing to the Glee Club was that of the glee "Courtship." The New York audience...