Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...appeal to the president. If the latter sees fit he orders the challenger to drain his glass. This performance is loaded with tremendous odium and the men are very careful about challenging a new member without sufficient cause. There is an element of humor and "coziness" combined with a certain amount of rigid discipline in all these ceremonies which is very refreshing, compared with all American attempts at beer-nights which would seem to bear out successfully the assertion of our German friend...
...Certain English Authors Considered as Masters of Style. Course for freshmen Special subject: John Dryden. Professor A. S. Hill, Sever...
...Page says that Harvard has in the first place gained by putting the election of overseers in the hands of the alumni. Formerly it was necessary that certain clergymen and state officers should be in the governing hands. But this state of affairs began to change in 1810, and in 1865 the graduates chose the whole Board of Overseers. But Yale, although some of her governing officers are now elected by the alumni, still has a large number of ex-officio officers...
...milder punishment is too light; for a man will take some risk if her knows that in case of detection he will lose only a few months here. But if it were generally understood that the slightest attempt at unfairness, if discovered, would be followed by speedy and absolutely certain dismissal, few would care to make the venture...
Amusing samples of the wonderful work done by certain members of the university, in translating French and German into English, have recently been given in these columns. It will perhaps be as interesting to read the English which a leading German firm of booksellers has produced in an advertising card. The following is copied verbatim...