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Word: commendable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...borrowed" on his return, or else he carries it, wet and dripping, into the dining room with him. Truly it seems as though some remedy were imperative. Cannot the board of managers do some thing? Is there not some means by which each umbrella could be checked? We commend it to the association to break up this practice of "borrowing," and at least attempt to devise some better arrangement than the existing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/7/1883 | See Source »

...that portion of the students who use the shot-gun. The two bodies are necessarily closely connected, and forming them into one organization would give such an one much greater strength than either could possess alone. Everything is now favorable for the formation of such a club. We commend it therefore to some of those gentlemen interested in shooting to call a meeting and organize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/26/1883 | See Source »

...commend this suggestion to the consideration of the lacrosse men, feeling that in this way their own interests would be advanced as well as those of the foot-ball team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/23/1883 | See Source »

...consult their taste in this way. Besides, many prefer to have their hardest work during the first half-year, especially as the last half-year is generally largely occupied by outside work in many courses. A general adoption of this plan, in courses where it is possible, would probably commend itself to the body of the students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/28/1883 | See Source »

These figures are significant and indicate clearly how great a change would be wrought in the life of the Harvard student if inter-collegiate sports should be abolished. In regard to the question as to whether the influence exerted is deleterious, we would commend a perusal of the article on our first page. Of course there is no danger of such a step being taken here as has been taken by the Amherst faculty; but a consideration of results which would follow such action at Harvard, with its numerous provisions for occupying the time and attention of its students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/19/1883 | See Source »

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