Word: allowable
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Allow me to say that I believe the Alumni who contributed to the erection of Memorial Hall will not consider the introduction of Commons a profanation; but, feeling that it will promote their refinement and self-respect, will be gratified that their undergraduate friends can participate in such a commendable...
...Catalogue for 1874 was out somewhat more promptly than usual, we believe, - just before the holidays. It is as voluminous and expensive as the last, but is in many respects better adapted to supply the information required of it. We regret that our columns do not allow us space for a more extended notice...
...secured by a Sophomore as a "memorabil," and lodged in the room of a Senior, from which place it was removed by stealth. Suspicion pointed at the "Scroll and Keys," and a arrant was obtained to search their rooms for the stolen property. As the police, however, declined to allow any outsider to accompany them in their search, the prosecution was withdrawn. The Senior societies at Yale appear to afford grounds for much dissatisfaction among non-members, which is perhaps the case with all good societies and in all colleges. Here, at Harvard, we don't profess to understand much...
While other young men are eager to acquire a sufficient knowledge of trade to allow them to assume a business air and talk volubly of the rise and fall of stocks, the average collegiate is gloriously indifferent to it. Such topics awaken no interest in his breast. It makes no difference to him what gold is quoted at, and he never troubles himself to ascertain. He is told of the panic, of the very dull times, etc., but to no purpose; a panic is something of which he has no clear conception, and of dull times his idea...
...lasting renown by their success in this field. An Aldine copy of Lucius Fiorus (Venetiis, 1521) in my possession exhibits a distinctness of typography and general excellence of appearance that for those infant days of the art are quite commendable. Of this class of printers, to whom we might allow the name of artists, we may instance the London Murray and a few of our own leading publishers...