Word: affections
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have been often commented on. One point, however, has never been mentioned, and that is the disastrous result they bring upon the financial prosperity of the country. One of the Harvard square barbers says that every time the examinations come round his trade so falls off as to materially affect his profits. Probably, though, whatever the barber loses goes to the oil producer for "midnight oil," so that no serious crisis is imminent...
...Vassar Miscellany and the Lasell Leaves alone of all our college exchanges affect practical politics, the former writing six-page editorials on Butler and Massachusetts politics, and the latter maintaining a special "political editor." A significant fact...
...many another hungry journal. The Crimson, shall we say it, has deteriorated; it is not up to last year's mark, but good verses are by no means rare. It is a very noticeable fact, however, that with all the would-be poets in Harvard there are few who affect the French forms of verse so popular at Williams and less so at Columbia...
...Crimson has stated a truth which, we believe no man of sincerity can deny, and we thank it for speaking so plainly and boldly on this important question. "To compel men to affect a semblance of religion which has no correspondence in their hearts, is an outrage on the men concerned and on all true religion," is a statement, the truth of which, is self-evident, and the sentiment of which, we believe, is that of every undergraduate of Harvard whatever his creed. It is an "outrage," and should be called by no milder name, that these blue-laws...
...present below a complete summary of the important changes in the playing rules of the game of foot-ball, as adopted at the recent league convention. Several changes of importance it will be seen were made that will affect the character of the game to some extent. Whether the college league should adopt them all we have some doubts...