Word: asks
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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PRESIDENT BUCKHAM ON BOAT-RACING. - To the Editor of the Independent: You ask why the University of Vermont was not represented at the Saratoga regatta. It certainly was not for the lack of facilities for training, for we have, as you suggest, a beautiful lake on one side of us, and a beautiful river on another side. Neither was it for lack of manliness in our men. The University was "represented" in almost every great battle of the Rebellion, from Bull Run to Petersburg, having sent to the field a larger number, in proportion to its total roll, than...
...presence, Lord, alone we ask...
...House of Representatives, having complained of being intimidated by the British troops in Boston, was prorogued to Cambridge by Governor Bernard, May 1769, and took up their quarters in the College halls, without even taking the trouble to ask leave of the Corporation. But the most friendly relations existed between the two, and the House of Representatives dined with the Corporation at the next Commencement...
...Sophomore and Freshman classes has caused more or less apprehension with the Class-Day committee this year; a repetition of such uncalled-for roughness is certainly the least acceptable way in which undergraduates can assist in the celebration of Seventy-Five's own day. The committee have asked Seniors to avoid all absurdity in dress in the Exercises at the Tree, and the committee desire that we, through the columns of The Crimson, should ask Sophomores and Freshmen to refrain from all absurdities in the Rush...
...Class-Day Committee would ask that all students rooming on the quadrangle, who occupy ground-floor rooms which do not face on the Yard, be particularly careful to lock their windows on Class-Day evening. This precaution is absolutely necessary, both for protection of students' property, and for rendering the roping in of the Yard effectual...