Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...intention to enter into a discussion with the writer of that article, as I believe that arguments in college papers, as a rule, carry with them very little conviction in matters of this nature; but I think one of his statements, at least, should not pass unchallenged. In alluding to the influence exerted by the "popular man," he says, "It is Gosling's [the would-be 'popular man'] private opinion that he ought not to drink, and also that he does not like the taste of liquor; but if he hears that Swellington [the real 'popular man'] has been 'jolly...
...take pleasure in reprinting, by request, the list of events for the Athletic meeting, and we again call the attention of all those who think of entering to the peculiar advantages offered this year. We see no reason why the entries should not be many, and the records better than ever before, as the date of the meeting has been postponed till after the Class Races, so that several who take part in them will be able to compete. There is now every opportunity to practise, and in the next four or five weeks we hope to see many availing...
...Spring Games, provided that any one makes the required time. We shall, however, have a competent professional judge to watch the walking, and contestants will be handled with very little mercy unless they walk in strictly fair style. This is the only protection we claim, and it is, we think, perfectly fair to all parties. We hope men don't want to win a walking race in a run, and we certainly don't want to give a costly prize for such a race...
...work to do, - they are intended to furnish inducements to study. And the question is not whether the new honors are in themselves more or less valuable, but whether they are better fitted to encourage study. The writer, at least in the first part of his article, seems to think they are not; that because so many men will receive the lower grades of honors, the list will have no interest to any one. But it is not easy to see how the interest felt in honors which four or five men or which ten or twelve men only succeed...
...Freshmen think that the college papers are the originators of opinions. Poor deluded Freshmen! Public opinion, far from being the offspring of the papers, is their master; and, like Sindbad's "Old Man of the Sea," is riding them to death. If they could shake it off, they might stand up straight and grow strong. As it is, they scold vigorously at the instructors and the "marking-system," but turn their backs when some wrong appears at which the majority wink...