Word: avoidance
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will be more or less liable to the suspicion of prejudice. The boat house was under the management of the college and of course the college will be interested in making a report as favorable to its own management as possible. With the best of intentions, the college cannot avoid this tendency. Therefore, to make the investigation final and perfectly satisfactory to all concerned, the structure should be examined by some experienced builders who cannot be in the least influenced one way or the other. Such an investigation would be only just to the college and to the students...
...Canadian bicyclist was recently coasting down a steep hill when his brake gave way. Arriving at the bottom of the hill he came to a bridge through which he had to pass, but when he saw a team of horses coming toward him he endeavored to avoid a collision. The result was that he was thrown a distance of 20 or 30 feet, where he was suspended by his clothing catching on to a pin of the bridge...
...Lowell here speaks of the winter and spring meetings as well as of the intercollegiate meeting at New York, with the details of which our readers are already familiar, In order to increase the interest in the winter meetings and to avoid having only one entry in any one event, Mr. Lowell suggests that a class championship be instituted and a trophy be offered to the class winning the most events...
Seniors are requested to avoid any absurdity of dress at the exercises around the tree...
...regulations is that the cap and gown shall be worn during the morning, without the college walls. During the afternoon it is not required, but in the evening it is positively demanded. If a proctor meets an undergraduate in the morning without the college dress he is likely to avoid him if possible, as the feeling is not strict in reference to the matter at this time of day. If he cannot help seeing the man, he takes his name and the college and fines him lightly. In the evening, however, there is no escape from a penalty...