Word: thingness
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...poem quite out of the common order. Many persons, had they written such glowing words, would feel that their life-work was accomplished. The beauty of the new school lies in its originality and its mystery; for the primary object of the poet should be any thing but clearness. Here now is another species of poem, very justly popular. This indicates the highest stage of progress in the art, and may well be introduced at the conclusion of this humble sketch...
...taken a prominent position in track athletics among her sister colleges, and there are many of our records to which we can point with just pride; still we must not rest content with past achievements, but look forward to even greater success in the future. We need but one thing to keep the athletic interest at Harvard as keen as it is now, and that is the establishment of a series of athletic sports with Yale. Our class boat-races arouse a great deal of enthusiasm, it is true, but the interest is as nothing when compared with...
...fair: 't is a common thing...
...just made its mark on the Fresh - no, Sophomore page of my life. I have taken the Second-Year Honor Examinations; and the results are - well, I say to the public generally very gratifying, but to myself I acknowledge that some surprise is mixed with my gratification. Now, the thing that I have been puzzling my brains over is, why I should be surprised. In a University where the curve can affect either a ball or a mark indifferently; where the men who want to learn the most and study hardest get the lowest marks; where an instructor marks...
...Paul's at first adopted white, as an emblem of purity, and it was subsequently decided to add black, in token of mourning over the depraved state of college morals. So the result is a neat thing in checkered black and white, which has the additional value that those of the society who are members of the Chess Club can amuse themselves with a quiet game on hat ribbons during the sermon...