Word: cases
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...report that the manager of the Senior Class Theatricals has expressed his willingness to play all the parts in case his large dramatic company and efficient corps of "supes" resign, is incorrect...
WHEN a brief and unpretending letter like mine calls forth nearly a column of editorial abuse from the Advocate, there must be either a remarkable sensitiveness to criticism or else a great lack of subjects for editorials. In the latter case I am glad to have furnished a slight stimulus to the laggard editorial pen; in the former case perhaps a slight explanation will help allay the indignation I have unwittingly excited...
...publicly correct them. The Freshman who complains of the loss of his Greek Grammar paper had two other conditions in Greek, instead of no other, and his book was never found at all, instead of being traced to the examiner's hands. Great care was taken, in this case, to have no mistake made, and no blame can be attached to the diligent Greek examiner...
...Cornell remains the champion of American colleges. If we send a crew to England, they should go as representing not only the best rowing in Harvard, but the best rowing in American colleges. It is only fair, then, that we should row with the champion college crew, and, in case we are successful, with other colleges that are willing to race in eights. On the other hand, it is neither fair nor reasonable that we should travel all over the Western and Middle States for the sake of meeting a rival. New London is the place for these races...
...hundred and twenty. In many of the other races better time would have been made, undoubtedly, had the best man had some one more nearly his equal to push him; but in the races mentioned above, the contestants being all good men, the result was a record in each case not only exceptional for Harvard but creditable for any American college. We cannot help reverting to the tardiness with which men enter their names. It was, we believe, with the intention of breaking up this bad habit that the plan of having secret entries was adopted. Men used to hang...