Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...connection with boating matters, it is only just to state that the criticism, in our last issue, of a certain gentleman's language was based on a comparatively wide-spread misunderstanding of the import of his words. He has pointed out to us the misconstruction placed upon his remarks and the mistake is willingly corrected...
...tickets, they can hope for a calm selection of fitting men for the various offices. Before this it was thought incredible that sectional prejudice should not have stronger influence than personal qualifications in an election of officers for Class Day; but last Monday night both the unanimous selection of certain officers and the good-natured though eager strife over others showed a dominant desire to choose only the best men, irrespective of other considerations. For their willingness to sink all society feeling, and their desire to secure a fair and honorable election, not only the College but all friends...
...guidance of janitors in the duties of their position" say that the janitors may charge a sum not over twenty-five dollars. All the "rules and regulations" that our correspondent may be able to find on the subject of janitors will not disprove the fact that a certain Freshman was charged forty dollars for the care of his room in Holyoke. We take occasion to remind our correspondent that the authorship of editorials is to be referred, not to any particular editor, but to the whole board...
...Class as a whole, not by any one society, and will take place about the middle of December in some private hall in Boston. We cannot but express our pleasure in the matter, and we know that in so doing we echo the sentiments of the College. We feel certain that the gentlemen of the Committee who have so kindly given this permission will have no cause for regret, and will find the privilege in no way abused. The object is a worthy one, for the Crew needs money now if ever it did. As to the success...
...found a novel subject of complaint, namely, the too close proximity of a certain pigsty to one of the college buildings, and advises the proprietor thereof, if he wishes to continue his stock-raising with security to the stock, to find a more fitting locality for his operations. We believe that the nearness of a pigsty is an absolutely new subject of complaint among the college press, and we hail it as such. The article called "He was from Harvard" is very flat, besides being extremely questionable in point of taste. We hope that the Advocate can survive the severe...