Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there seems to be no other way of bringing about this needed improvement except by continually harping upon it. We are assured from reliable sources that. provided the innovation were voted, the money for it would be forthcoming, a fact which simply proves that the conservative spirit common to all great institutions, and particularly powerful at Harvard, rather than a lack of funds seems to be the cause of our losing to some extent, the library privileges. The system of borrowing reserved books, excellent though it may be, is, nevertheless, but a makeshift, and in comparison with the freedom...
...would involve a confiscation of private property. The owner of land on the border of a stream has, by common law, a right to the use of the water.- Nation...
...introduced in the manner of keeping accounts, and although perfection has not by any means been attained, we have every reason to expect that hereafter the expenses of our athletic organizations will not be shrouded by the impenetrable veil of mystery and secrecy which has been far too common in the past. It is pleasant to know that for once not a single athletic team is in debt, and that all have some surplus in the treasury. Indeed, good financial management has now become an important factor in the success of all athletic teams, and one of the purposes...
...paid this amount into the treasury, reducing the expense to the organization by so much. Gradually this custom has been abandoned, and though the treasurers send out bills to the men in training, and though in some cases men have paid as formerly, the last year it has been common to leave these bills unpaid. It is the duty of the committee to make this statement. If public segment and the governments of the organizations sanction the present custom, it undoubtedly will soon become settled...
...Harvard Amateurs played the Noble's eleven Thursday afternoon on Cambridge Common, defeating them by a score...