Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...course there are many difficulties in the way of it, but I think the idea worthy of some consideration. If it is urged that a great deal of space is now being taken up by the proposed plans, I would venture to say that some of it might be better employed than in twelve bowling alleys. There are comparatively few who care for that sport, and most of those are Freshman...
...fowl in distress, is decidedly out of place there, if a Freshman might venture an opinion; he should have been all blue glass. Patriotic emblems are excellent in their proper place, but they should not be mingled with the tracery of a mediaeval architecture. Would it not have been better if the whole window had been a Goddess of Liberty, lightly clad in the star-spangled banner...
...assemblies of this year have not, for some reason or other, met with the hearty support from Boston's haut ton that we had wished for them. There is some trouble affecting them that, for want of a better word, may perhaps be called indifference. The managers have done everything in their power to make the dances attractive, and praise is due them for their efforts. The difficulty, however, seems to lie in a mistaken idea prevalent among dancing men, that if they invite partners for the German, bouquets are de rigueur, and the inconvenience of sending flowers oftentimes...
...Though better with the first...
...practice of taking notes in recitations should be avoided, as it gives the appearance of paying attention; it is much better to remember what you can, and put it down in your own room, where no one will...