Word: better
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Cambridge Assemblies will take place on Thursday, December 5, January 9, January 30, and February 13, at the Armory on Brattle Square; this hall is far better than either the Lyceum or Union, being larger than the one and more neatly and elegantly fitted up than the other...
...each year, places the subject in a different light. I have written this simply from a spirit of justice, and I must candidly admit that my treatment at the hands of janitors has been such as to warrant my preference for them over scouts, while my work has been better done...
...feeling; it is right that the entries should be secret, and should close in time to print the programmes, if for no other reason, and never again, with the consent of the Executive Committee, will entries be received after the advertised time of closing. It would have been much better for that audience of two thousand people to witness those five events on last Saturday than to have to go about begging men to enter. If we, the largest college in America, are not ready for athletics, I think that they had better be given up for the present...
...CORRESPONDENT, whose sense of justice seems to have got the better of his courtesy, questions the accuracy of our information in an editorial in the last Crimson. He objects to our statement that Freshmen in Matthews and Holyoke are obliged to pay the janitors exorbitant prices, because, as he says, the "rules and regulations laid down by the College authorities for the guidance of janitors in the duties of their position" say that the janitors may charge a sum not over twenty-five dollars. All the "rules and regulations" that our correspondent may be able to find on the subject...
...Freshman," said Humbug, "you'd better let him alone. He has outlived his usefulness. Besides, everybody would laugh at you if you should try to help...