Word: burden
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...candidates for pitcher are showing up in the best form. There are eight now trying for this position. Of these, Burden from Groton, Hill from Hopkinson, Bradley from Somerville High School, and Gregory, who pitched for a preparatory school at Washington, show the best work...
...about the best modern stories. It is just such classes as this one of Professor Thayer's and such courses as Semitic 12, under Professor Lyon, that are going to popularize the reading and the study of the Bible and make them a delight where once they were a burden...
...Milliam Potts, secretary of the league, 54 Williams St., New York, read as follows: "We hereby declare ourselves in favor of the complete abolition of the spoils system from the public service,- believing that system to be unjust, undemocratic, injurious to political parties, fruitful of corruption, a burden to legislative and executive and executive offices, and in every way opposed to the principles of good government...
...came; but in either case the news brought with it a personal sorrow. Mr. Bolles' death is a peculiarly sad one, for he of all men enjoyed life. Nothing in his work, which was at times most perplexing and most discouraging, could ruffle his spirit or make life a burden to him. He could look through all the troubles of his office, and though conscious of their presence, could see beyond them a word of beauty land truth. A hard worker while he worked, he always had the life about him to cheer him and give him rest. To live...
...fully satisfied on Saturday. There is nothing to be gained by asking questions. The only available news of the practice is contained in the very general reports in the CRIMSON and in the Boston papers. On the other hand, these questions add another and a useless burden to the long list of worriments which everybody connected with the practice has to bear. There are but three days more of suspense before the game, and the students should lighten the burden of the captain and his men as much as possible in this brief period...