Word: account
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hear that the Lampoon may possibly be unable to continue its publication this year, on account of the graduation of its best editors. We hope that the report is not true, for what would Lasell girls do without the Lampoon. - Lasell Leaves...
...account of rain the 'varsity eleven did not go to Exeter yesterday...
...number of men are held back from signing for uniforms by the thought that a drum and fife corps may be formed. This statement may account for the fact that so few men, especially of '87, have as yet signed the book at Leavitt & Peirce's. '87 and '88 are the only classes in college who had the good fortune to participate in the last presidential torchlight procession. Remembering how important and successful a feature the drum, fife and bone battalion then was, we are not surprised at this present hesitation to sign among the ranks, as long as there...
...have been able to present to our readers for some time. It is too apt to be the case that as a university grows in numbers and therefore in social facilities, the athletic opportunities of collegiate life fall into disrepute. This has been an occasional reason offered to account for an occasional athletic defeat. The steady increase in the number of lockers in use, until now it has reached a requirement of fifty beyond the limit, is an answer to this criticism of Harvard. But it does seem extraordinary that when so many men are daily thrown into athletic competition...
...account of certain proceedings in a certain freshman course has just reached our ears; an account which would seem to check our aspiring hopes that we all who are now in college are men. Can we believe that even freshmen would have the childishness, even if we must think common courtesy lacking, to rise in the midst of the recitation and leave the recitation room? When we learn that the recitation room was none other than the instructor's own room, and the cause of the exodus a mere quibble, our respect for such very fresh freshmen reaches the zero...