Word: caution
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boston set. You may find them exclusive, but never mind. The north pole can never be reached without passing icebergs. Don't talk too much about societies, but let it be generally known that you have had some very prominent friends in them, and even relatives. Let me caution you, however, not to mention my name, for I have never been in any of them, and the mere fact that I am your cousin might injure your prospects for life. Beware of men who shine at the Freshman punch and theatre party - they may seem to lead...
...were at New London this summer. Their crew is an extremely fine one, and it seems hard that, when Harvard or Yale has such a crew, it should not be sent abroad to show Oxford and Cambridge what we are doing in America. We have only one word of caution for Yale, and that is, that they are not entitled to the right to send their crew to England as "the Champion College Crew of America." Aside from the fact that we ourselves may be able to dispute that assertion next July, we would remind our friends in New Haven...
...practice which the members certainly need before they can meet older organizations. The club must remember that it represents the College, and that, should they suffer any disgraceful defeat, it would to a certain extent affect the reputation for athletic excellence which the College possesses. With this word of caution, we wish the Cricket Club a long and successful career...
...work done for the students is done at a lower price than the "scouts" formerly charged. It had become quite impossible longer to give free access to the College buildings, by night and by day, to a large number of servants, hired by the students without much caution, and under no responsibility whatever to the College. Repeated efforts have been made to bring them under some wholesome regulation, but without success...