Word: allowable
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...would be natural to expect that men who had themselves experienced the difficulties attendant upon a midyear grind would so far appreciate the " demnitionness" of it as to allow others privileges they may choose to deny themselves. At twelve o' clock P. M., with the prospect of four hours' steady work before me, and with the (at another time) joyful sound of revelry in the room below me, I waive all respect of persons, and protest against the fiends of the north entry of Matthews, who prevent my neighbors and myself from doing necessary work. I had supposed, it seems...
...time more convenient to all, we are sure, except our good Boston members, who may consider the change an encroachment upon their Saturday promenades in town. The prizes will be selected according to the best judgment of the officers, but of course the funds of the Association will not allow the display of much taste. Men should, however, contend for the honor and not the prize. Next year, it is thought, some measures will be taken to make, not the pewter, but the credit attached to winning an event in good style, the object of a man's ambition...
...cost for board. Now what to the President seems weakness must seem to the students strength; and in the liberty to withdraw is the only check the student has on such board as was furnished during the first half of last year. Memorial Hall offers too many attractions to allow any considerable number of students to leave except for sufficient reasons; but, as experience has proved, nothing short of the actual desertion of the Hall is sufficient to secure necessary changes...
...voluntary recitations has the worst effect. The absence of strong purpose, which is the cause of their mediocrity, also prevents their making a valuable use of a liberty which they nevertheless eagerly welcome. In order to stimulate the middle part of the class, and at the same time allow a beneficial liberty to that part of the class who could use such a privilege, the present system of regulated voluntary attendance was decided upon; and the Dean thinks that an extension of this system to the Junior class might profitably be made. The system was adopted for a single year...
...that would never do," said the other. "I don't allow my daughter to have anything to do with a student unless he brings a letter of introduction to me. But my feet are getting cold; and they are going to clear the ice, to flood...