Word: backed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...will probably never be done at all; and the value of the book will be very much diminished if it does not contain the lives of all the members of the class. The Secretary, this year, does not ask for an elaborate autobiography, with one's descent traced back to Adam, but only for a brief statement of the way in which and the place where the student's life has been passed. We hope that the members of the class will give a tolerably detailed account of the way in which they have spent their college life, the societies...
...lucky as to have a Crimson correspondent from Wellesley, we cannot pass over the letter from that sister college of ours to the Dartmouth. To think that we should have to get our news in such a roundabout way ! The dear things have got back from their scarlet-fever vacation, and are enjoying the skating and coasting. They too are suffering from examinations; with this difference, that in order to prevent cramming, the day of the ordeal is not announced beforehand. Well, it's bad as it is, but let us be thankful for our advantages; forewarned is forearmed...
...Partly glad and partly sorry," replied Seventy-eight. "Cambridge is a pleasant little place, and so is - and I think Boston is delightful too. I have been fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of many charming people here, and for that reason shall be sorry to turn my back on this part of the world. But as far as college itself goes, I'm rather glad than otherwise to be through with...
...assure you that all my friends to whom I have spoken on the subject - and we often talk about it, since we can now look back over our course - agree unanimously in saying that they have had quite enough of the undergraduate life. They don't think that a longer stay here would...
...that he had got ninety-five per cent in his college course, and that he intended to study for a Ph. D. Besides, our neighbor Mrs. Beacon Street told me the other day that her son Harry, just after his last examinations, got permission from the Faculty to go back another year, in order to give a more thorough study to the work of the Freshman class. I think that shows the conscientious student...