Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...discover what are all the latent psychological causes of Seventy-seven's present imbroglio in reference to Class Day, will require the skill of some future writer who has brought the historical method down to a finer point of "coldness" than I can now boast of; but this is certain, that the rock of mutual mistrust and obstinacy they split on is still in existence for the next class to be shattered on, and it behooves Seventy-eight, if she wishes to keep up this time-honored custom of our fathers, to take warning. Already there is noticeable among...
...PROPOSE to devote this article to the amenities of college life in May. We have been told a great many times what a delightful month this is in other places, but Harvard has certain beauties of its own at this time of the year that are worthy of record, and would be sufficient even for a tolerably long epic. First, of course, here as everywhere else, we have this delightful spring weather, these beautiful days with the mercury reaching after ninety, and your spring suit still at the tailor's. Then these charming evenings, occupied in grinding for the annuals...
...publish an article to-day on the subject of the petitions which have recently been sent to the Faculty by members of the Senior Class, and which will be of interest to them. It is very unfortunate that when affairs seemed to be taking a more favorable turn, certain members of the Class should have seen fit to endeavor to defeat the arrangements. There are a large number of students who have borne a prominent part in originating and carrying on the present troubles, who take no active share in Class Day, and do not help to defray its expenses...
...hoped that it would be signed by a sufficient number to organize some sort of an unofficial celebration, which should serve as a nucleus for spreads, and as a neutral meeting-ground, where the squabbles of the past six months might be forgotten. The representatives of certain sections of the class, however, did not see fit to take this petition in the spirit in which it was laid before them. For reasons best known to themselves, they declined to see in it anything more than a revival of the sectional feuds which it was really intended to allay; and, instead...
HENCEFORTH the names of students, as they appear on the rank-list, will be divided into groups; each group containing those whose ranks range between certain per cents. The object of this is to avoid the excessive and useless time usually spent in getting up technicalities for the sake of one or two per cent more...