Word: better
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...attention of the class. This course is to abolish Class Day altogether for this year. During the period of uncertainty which the class has experienced many have become reconciled to the idea of doing without a Class Day, and, unpleasant as such a course would be, it is certainly better than some things which may happen. Let us hope that we may yet succeed in having a respectable Class Day: but if this cannot be, let us choose the lesser evil...
...aquatic chiefs not to be beguiled by like nonsense. There is but one good way to row; all others are bad. Why did Oxford beat Harvard? Because she was stronger? Not a bit of it. Calm and unprejudiced critics have never held but one opinion, namely, because she rowed better and with more judgment. Why did Yale beat Harvard last year? For precisely the same reason. Nothing can be farther from me than to be personal in my remarks. The anguish of defeat is too great to be augmented by harsh words; but defeat, though unpalatable, is often salutary...
...modern English novels. French novels are all right, and a few of them will help your reputation as a linguist. The only rule that I shall bore you with is never to read - far less buy - any book that is not worth talking about. Within that limit you had better pick up anything that you happen to fancy; and in the end you will find that you have a good general library...
...same time are within the very limited comprehension of the ordinary student. You don't want to seem a prig, nor yet a vulgarian. I should advise you to avoid shingles, for everybody has them; and men who have not taste enough to choose anything better hang them up in place of pictures. Medals, however, are pretty, and the ribbons give a warm color to a wall that nothing else...
...Cambridge and Oxford Undergraduates' Journal says: "With regard to the American International Regatta, the less said the better. A more disgraceful exhibition in amateur aquatic sports was never known. The first Trinity crew that went out so pluckily deserved better luck, but under all circumstances, they acquitted themselves most satisfactorily, and by no means reflected any disgrace, either on their college or the University...