Word: withstand
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard student is convinced that four years are necessary for the development of sufficient culture to withstand the lowering influence of the Philistinism which prevails in America. And, as matters now stand, men of the most average ability can easily graduate in three years if they want to. Seven '91 men graduated last June with '90. But investigation proves that six of those men are here this year again, taking the very courses that they might have taken as seniors. Does that prove that Harvard students are in a hurry to get away...