Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...cannot undertake to set forth in the columns of the Crimson the system of training and rowing which we follow this year. If published, it would fill a small volume. For such a work I am not at present prepared, and anything less, I take it, would be unsatisfactory...
...HAVE been told that at some former time (the exact period I cannot state) the Corporation, or Faculty, or Steward, or somebody, was in the habit of buying coal in large quantities at the season of the year when it was cheapest; and that they then disposed of it to the students, throughout the year, at the original price. This was a wise custom, and made a saving to the students of that time which would not be despised in this enlightened age. I would therefore respectfully suggest to the powers that be, that they take this subject into their...
...matter, - at least to all outward seeming. It is incredible that those in office should be so careless of the safety of those under their charge, and so entirely regardless of their feelings and wishes in a matter of such vital importance. The necessity of these means of escape cannot be too strongly urged, and in view of the recent terrible disasters in Brooklyn and San Francisco, it certainly seems that some decided step should be taken by the students of the College or their parents in the matter...
...seemed to be a very good fellow, and that you were devilish amusing and impudent Now Robinson himself is a very good sort of a person, but his notions of amusing impudence do not agree with mine. He is an extremely nouveau riche, in fact, of the sort who cannot see the difference between vulgar impertinence and the decent amount of assurance that every gentleman ought to possess. And ever since I met him I have been tormented with the idea that you might possibly be sacrificing your old notions of manners, which I am bound to say were very...
...course you know, during your first year or two at college, you cannot expect to mingle with the gay world as if you were a grown man. Even the delightful assemblies of which I spoke are, or used to be, closed to you. At the same time you can expect to know a reasonable number of ladies, and if you take advantage of the introductions which I took the trouble to procure for you, you can expect to know ladies whose acquaintance will be not only agreeable, but also useful to you, as you grow to be an older...