Word: anyway
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...certain member of the '89 chess club was heard to exclaim the other day when he had lost his queen in play: "I've got my king yet, anyway...
...entirely incidental matter, and should therefore be subordinated to the general policy. If the system proposed serves the purposes of the university, that is sufficient to maintain it, and to overthrow other objections. And, as a matter of fact, the few highest scholars will get their deserts anyway; and the doubt only rests with the remaining applicants for scholarships. Here, indeed, decision will be difficult, but it will be rendered on a just basis, and will therefore be more satisfactory than at present. In giving up the present marking system, we must forfeit some incidental conveniences, in behalf of justice...
...great objection now to college boating is that it takes up so much time. Any change would be ruinous that tended to increase the time required from crew men, especially from our best 'Varsity men, whom it is hard enough to keep at work anyway, and who would be the only ones qualified to coach. Gentlemen, require us to coach ourselves, and you add to what is already the most objectionable feature of college rowing. You make it impossible for crew men to do as well in their studies, and so you prepare the way for the eventual abolition...
...therefore, make a call. We knock, and the response, "Come in!" tells us that Snodkins is in. We enter, greet the "old fellow," start out with a discussion of the late Princeton game, and finally conclude that Harvard men don't know how to play foot ball anyway. Meanwhile we have been looking around. 'Gentlemen will not occupy the seats until the ladies are seated," is the first thing to meet our eyes. In another quarter we spy the notice, "No visitors on Sunday," and innocently conclude that Mr. Snodkins spends his Sundays at home. That Snodkins...
...have heard that we have only one day for a Thanksgiving recess; don't even have the Friday and Saturday following! Why, it just breaks me all up! I was going home, and supposed of course we'd have till the next Monday anyway...