Word: aver
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...prevalence of typhoid and material fevers among the students at Yale College is puzzling the Faculty, the members of which, one and all, aver that the sewerage and drainage of the college buildings are perfect, and that they cannot account for the unusual illness that has prevailed amony the students thus far this term. The reports of deaths have, however, been exaggerated. But two student have died of typhoid fever. and one of these contracted the disease abroad during vacation. There are now and have been a number of students more or less ill from malarial fever, but there...
Batting. Fielding. Gen. Aver...
...Harvard Index for 1882, a handsomely printed book of convenient size, lies before us. Notwithstanding the fact that in the preface the compiler modestly urges his own inexperience as an excuse for possible shortcomings, we must aver that the compilation is fully up to the standard of previous years. The information given appears to be correct, so far as a hasty examination permits us to judge. That a few typographical errors should exist is inevitable, humanly speaking. But the editing, on the whole, is careful and judicious, and we trust that we may have the pleasure of welcoming next year...
...were numerous. If in every case the best man was not chosen, it must be remembered that in the world at large "estates, degrees, and offices" are sometimes purchased with the honor of the wearer. It is not our desire to indulge in personal comment, however; but we must aver that in its election of one officer by acclamation the class honored itself more than it could possibly honor him. And that unanimity of feeling may extend and deepen, and that '82's Class Day may be in every way a success, is what we all most earnestly desire...
WHILE the Columbia papers and the Vassar Miscellany still hold to their original excellence, we must aver that there has been a decided advance "all along the line," and that the organs of many of our smaller colleges seem to improve with every number. If a growing tendency to Courant-ism can be avoided, and the moral tone of college journalism can be steadily maintained, the outlook may be considered very promising. We beg leave to suggest that to ignore the Niagara Index, the Illini, and others of that ilk, would be a first step of some importance toward...