Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...death his classmates have lost one whom they could always have been proud to claim as one of their number, and whom they could always remember with affectionate regret; but to those who knew and loved him his loss will be irreparable; and his cheery nature, his generosity and his frankness, will always be precious and bitter memories which will last a lifetime...
...recognize the right of even so high an authority as the Manager of the H. U. B. B. C. to postpone this game as a favor to one captain, without consulting or notifying the other, and in view of the facts stated above, we hereby enter our claim to the "Amateur Championship," this the final and deciding game having been forfeited to us by the umpire in accordance with the rules published in the CRIMSON of the 14th...
...with sincere pleasure that in another column we notice the first numbers of two literary monthlies. It is not egotistical to claim that Harvard has this year inspired an interest in literary matters among other colleges by the increased literary activity of her undergraduates. The renewed interest shown in the Advocate and the establishment of a magazine of such marked excellence as the Monthly, have undoubtedly inspired students not of Harvard to better work. Proof of this is received on every hand. We congratulate the gentlemen of the English department upon the success which has attended their efforts, and assure...
...grind nor the butterfly, nor the man approaching these two extremes, derives that benefit from college life which lies within his grasp. There is hardly any phase of life in which we may not to some extent exercise ourselves while in college. Studies, reading, athletics and society, all should claim some part of a man's life here. And we ought not to pursue certain branches under these general headings to the neglect of others. We should make ourselves familiar with everything which is worthy of our familiarity...
...smallest and more abject, namely, the seekers after "snap" courses. This regulation, with the one recently announced concerning special students will do away with the objectionable features of our elective system. The professional drone in college is becoming passe, and a man, if he is anybody, must lay claim to some intellectual tastes or ambitions. He must be following, at least, one of the regular roads of mental advancement, not, as it were, dallying with Music 14 and Fine Arts 20 in the groves of idleness...