Word: carefully
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...knows a picture when he sees it, and he has been most happy in his rendering of the chosen themes. The set is published by L. Prang and Co. and sold at $1.50. It is a series of exquisite holiday pictures that ought to prove attractive to all who care for old Cambridge and good...
...departure was increased by laughter and something very like hissing from those in the seats near the doors. This made it at times very difficult for those interested in the lecture to hear what was being said. The lectures in English B are voluntar, and those who do not care enough for the subject to keep quiet through the entire hour had better stay away. In History I very much the same thing has been noticeable for several weeks. Harvard is not a preparatory school, and this mention ought to be enough to prevent such a thing happening again...
...draughts which come from the windows in the gallery. When these are left open, cold currents of air rush in on the unprotected backs of unfortunate listeners. The third subject needing attention is the noise which regularly proceeds from a knot of small boys who select with particular care seats near the choir. This is done with the intention of distracting the attention of the choir boys by winking at them and keeping up a perpetual flow of talking and whispering. These boys should be taught to be quiet or be excluded from the chapel...
...certain member of this University was heard to remark a few days ago, "Why don't we have a paper here as good as the Yale Lit?" Now, it was either that distance lended the speaker enchantment, or else he had never perused the Harvard Monthly with scholarly care, for if he had done so he would never have compared it unfavorably with the literary paper at Yale. There are many men here who might have made the same remark. Before they jump at conclusions, it might be wise if they would read some of their own college papers...
...have who, either forgetting to bring their own towels with them, take those belonging others; or who mistake their own property for somebody else's which closely resembles it. These evils are small in themselves, but by a little more self-control on the one hand, or more care on the other, these disagreeable consequences may be easily avoided...