Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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However, it does seem as though those men in college who are total abstainers should be willing, yes, anxious to stand by their colors, and increase by their names the popularity of that principle which they believe they are themselves profiting...
...rapid sale of tickets for the Hasty Pudding theatricals should induce the management to give another performance. As all the seats have been disposed of and a large number of men are still anxious to obtain tickets, there is little doubt but that the hall could be easily filled for another performance. The critics in New York pronounced the present theatricals the best that had ever been given by the Hasty Pudding Club. In view of this fact it would be a pity for a number of college men to be turned away for want of room, especially as college...
Prof. Laughlin says that when the Bland Silver Bill was passed six years ago the effect upon the country was much the same as though a cage of wild animals had been set down in the streets of some populous city. At first timid people were anxious, fearing the consequences if the cage should break, but as time went on and nothing happened, quiet was restored. Now, however, when notice has been given that the balances of the government in the N. Y. Clearing House must soon be paid in silver, the people are as anxious as if the cage...
Both Faculty and students are anxious to elevate the standard of athletics in college, and anything having this tendency, which shall be proposed by the faculty, cannot but meet with the hearty approbation and co-operation of the students...
...doorways, and the entries; we want to know what the faculty are going to do about the resolutions on athletics; we want no recitations on legal holidays. This inactivity, this silence on the part of the faculty is oppressive. Let us see some signs of life. We are anxious to learn our fate...