Word: bestirs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...other crews show a great deal of energy in getting ready for the class races and the senior crew will have to bestir themselves in order to do themselves justice...
...varsity glee club. Either from an inherent modesty or from pure laziness and selfishness, but very few freshmen paid any attention to the the appeal. Now a freshman banjo club is in progress of formation and the members of '92 still persist in refusing to bestir themselves. Class feeling and class pride, in so far as to equal if not excel the record of preceding classes, whether in athletics, literary work or musical or social organizations, seems to find little nourishment among the members of the freshman class. Despite the efforts made to form a freshman banjo club, through lack...
What has happened to the lacrosse players? Have they given up all hope of winning back the championship this year? Because, if they have not, it behooves them to bestir themselves. The Princeton men have been at work for some time and have been getting some valuable practice. Why should not we go and do likewise? There is a popular belief at Harvard that autumn practice does no good in athletic sports, except of course in football. This is a great mistake. If the lacrosse management would issue a call for players now they would save some valuable time...
...adequate idea of what the approaching examination is to be like from those old papers. If the authorities knew what a help it is to the students when grinding for an examination to see a copy of a former paper in the same course, we are sure they would bestir themselves and see that this trifling wrong be righted...
...freshmen should bestir themselves about electing two of their number to the Conference Committee. According to the rules of that body "two freshman delegates shall be elected before the close of the second week after the Christmas recess." The candidates must be balloted for at a time and place selected for the purpose, and the two men polling the highest number of votes will be declared elected. We hope that '89 will enter into the spirit of the thing by electing two earnest, representative men for her members, - not by a small majority, but by a large and enthusiastic vote...