Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: It seems to me that the vexed matter of a fence around the new athletic grounds might be arranged by a compromise. Every unprejudiced student will admit, I think, that the faculty have some strong arguments on their side of the question; besides, the fence built near the track, as it will have to be, will not be an unqualified benefit, as every ball player who has climbed a fence after a ball knows...
...corporation, to another member of the corporation. From present appearances no change will be made in favor of co-education. Of course there is a difference of opinion on the subject. The majority, however, are opposed to the movement. The plan of an "annex" is regarded favorably, but to admit women on equal grounds and to mingle them with the other sex indiscriminately is not regarded as desirable...
From files of the Era, I find that student opinion was opposed to the admission of lady students when the proposal to admit them was first made. The following table, compiled from statistics of graduating classes, will illustrate the changes which that opinion has undergone. Many seniors do not care to give their opinions...
...little of the observation. But when the same student leaves his tomes and is placed alongside some roasted joints and college-baked bread, the onlooker can draw his conclusions, and even long - as we did that morning - to join in the grateful pursuit. The dining hall in question will admit of six hundred students all thirsting for knowledge, eating roast beef at the same time. There is a gallery at one end of the hall for carious strangers to survey the wondrous plan; but we got so hungry with watching these youngsters that we did not remain long. Possibly...
...stand upon a small portion of a car-step (especially on a cold, windy night,) during nearly the entire trip. It is more than unpleasant; it is positively an injustice, if the company has at all in view the comfort of its passengers, - a matter which seems to admit of doubt. Now, why cannot two cars leave Boston at the same time, instead of one as at present? We think that even then they would be uncomfortable, - they always are, - but, nevertheless, it would be a great improvement, and one welcomed by every one who is compelled to come...