Word: acquaintance
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...unnatural and unnecessary divisions and disunion which exist in our social life. The Junior dinners have always been very successful in uniting the various separated groups and individuals in the class in an informal meeting, which has done a great deal to make the members of the class acquainted with each other, to acquaint the class with itself, and to rouse an enthusiastic class spirit. A Freshman or Sophomore dinner should be no less successful...
...committee in charge of the opening of the year have made unusually careful arrangements this fall for registration and enrolment. We urge all students, new and old, to acquaint themselves fully with the new forms and regulations, and thus cause as little inconvenience as possible to the members of the Faculty in charge of these matters...
...least a long time to come, would be to repeat what was so feelingly said and many times repeated a year and a half ago, at the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary as President of Harvard. It is certainly the duty of every undergraduate to acquaint himself so far as he can with the history of the University's development and the nature of its present organization and to appreciate the services of those who have contributed largely to its present prosperity. It is through the possession of a large body of graduates, whose loyal attachment as graduates...
...seen the country between these places only from the window of a passenger coach, and who wishes to acquaint himself with the environments of each locality, no better means is afforded than the bicycle. In the smaller towns they rarely meet a wheelman from more than 250 miles away, consequently they are very free to impart information to one who has ridden farther. Never was I shown more hospitality than when on this novel trip. When I started, I was unused to any kind of physical exercise to speak of, so that I could not ride fast nor long...
...outside world with no sense of responsibility to his fellow creatures, long ago passed away. The advance university men are making now, is in feeling their responsibility while they are still within the college walls,and indeed, in considering it an important part of their training here to acquaint themselves with the various methods of social service in the world at large...