Word: adds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...unable to make use of the library during the afternoon, we hope that the petition will receive the signatures of every man in college. There is no need to review the abuses of the present system of the library, and no words of commendation can add force to the petition. But we trust that no efforts will be spared to make the list of names as long as possible...
...smaller colleges, is merely a plan of forgetting, or trying to forget, that any larger colleges exist. But the larger colleges do, and will exist, and if in truth they are the champions, the fact that certain other colleges have first places in another league will neither add to the dignity of those colleges nor help them in their proficiency at base-ball. The case is like that of the University of Pennsylvania, which formed a boating league consisting of itself only, and finding itself number one at the end of a long series of league contests, declared that...
...table one night at drinking bout, and walked the whole length of the table, kicking the mugs and pitchers right and left. As a result he had fourteen duels on his hands, which was considered a very fair record, even for a university student. It may be well to add that he fought successfully his fourteen duels within a month...
...operative Society's office will be greatly lengthened by Thursday; and in urging the students of Harvard to give their support to this organization, we believe we are urging them to do what will benefit themselves, and increase the value of a college course, and eventually add to the good reputation of the college itself...
...Eggleston, Harte, Howells, James, Aldrich, Lathrop, Stockton, Piatt, Cable, Crawford, Fawcett, Gilder, Harris, Carleton, Mark Twain, Burroughs. It is possible that some name has been put in one or the other of these lists on the wrong side, but there can be no considerable error, and any one can add to either list according to his own judgment without materially disturbing the balance...