Word: assents
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first of these in the student's history occurs in a few weeks after entrance, after he has ceased to tremble at the thought of midnight visits from the upper-classmen - a social custom that is, we hope, happily discontinued by the general assent of every class now in college - and has become some-what accustomed to the routine of his new life. Every member of the incoming class finds himself in receipt of an invitation from the venerable president to attend a reception at his residence. Excitement ensues; wardrobes are ransacked and set in order; lessons are hastily read...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: Word comes from the library that the project of lighting it by electricity has been definitely given up by a vote of the corporation. Almost money enough had been raised, but, at the last minute, the corporation has refused its assent. To those interested in the welfare of the library, and in its usefulness to the students, such conduct seems inexplicable. It is true that the corporation is reported to have failed to see that the use of the library in the evening would be of any advantage, and that because they did not care...
...needed in America. Let practical economists come in contact with the organized laboring classes and teach them the fundamental principles of the science. The revolutionary socialist cannot help us. There is still time for our efforts to be preventative. The deepest wrongs will be remedied only as we assent to the evils and bend all our efforts to remove them...
...case of appointment, the assent of the corporation and overseers is required. The assent of the overseers has been sometimes delayed, and in at least one case refused. In case of removal from office, which does not take place except at the end of the period of one, three or five years for which the appointment runs, no such assent is necessary. The name of the appointee is simply dropped; the corporation and overseers need know nothing about it, unless they happen to miss his name from the next year's catalogue...
...freshman team wished to play the game at the Polo Grounds in New York, but the Harvard team would not assent to this, but named Spring field or Cambridge as the only two places where they would consent to play. This was a delicate way of obliging our team to play at Cambridge for the simple reason that the receipts at Springfield would have been by no means sufficient to pay expenses ; while at Cambridge they were reasonably large. It is worthy of notice also, that no offer was made to pay half the expenses of our team to Cambridge...