Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...unique, and, we believe, has never been advanced before; but it is not the relty of the statement, but the absuldity contained in it, which we wish to consider. To say that there is no remedy for the snobbishness manifest in so much of our life here is to admit more than any one ought who feels that he has life and vigor...
...student cards given to students entering German universities admit holders to the theatres at half-price, shield them from arrest by the civil authorities, and give free admission to many of the galleries and museums of Europe...
When the game was over, and, which is more, decided (for base-ball has at least one great advantage over cricket, it very seldom ends in a draw), the English cricketers were asked their opinion of the play, and were obliged to admit that so far as they could judge the batting seemed very weak. "That is a compliment at any rate to the pitchers," they were told. "But to say the truth," one of them replied, "the bowling - or what you call 'pitching' - seemed weak too. Every ball was full pitched, and any one can hit a full-pitched...
...correspondent does not stand alone, by any means, but the owling away of books is done continually and without the least thought of others except as prowlers who would do the same if they were but given the opportunity. Such selfishness is most unworthy, as every one must admit, and yet if such is the popular opinion, why do men continue the course which they have marked out as right for themselves, but wrong for others? In order that the evil here may be eradicated we appeal to all to remember the privileges of all the students and not their...
...evidence of a strong nine. Why should her claims be cast aside? Did not Cornell defeat the Williams team on its own grounds? Williams has defeated a Harvard nine, to be sure, but if we remember rightly Amherst defeated the champion Yale nine of last year. Why not then admit Amherst...