Word: cut
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...hour the classes become drowsy and uncomfortable. This is rarely the fault of inadequate ventilation, but is in most cases due to indifference on the part of undergraduates. Men who despise personal uncleanliness will sit in a poisonous atmosphere and watch unconcerned some enemy of the race cut off all hope by fastening down the last window. In winter the desire for warm air, however thick it may be, has a superficial excuse, but in mild weather only the confirmed poison-inhaler can excuse the condition of many of our class-rooms...
...shall", the dogmatic assertion that fundamental reforms can and must be put through without a moment's delay, Professor Beale's "Reorganization of the University," will prove delightful. We have heard the "College system" recommended, but Professor Beale commands it. The article is fairly melodramatic; each sentence, sharp, clear-cut, sweeping, provides new excitement. When we have finished, we wonder breathlessly how Harvard can continue to exist if all the things Professor Beale says are true...
Several slight alterations and improvements have been made in the building during the summer. A small part of the Billiard Room at the eastern end has been partitioned off as a store room for chairs. A trap door, communicating with the Living Room, has been cut whereby chairs can be quickly lifted up on occasion of lectures, mass-meetings, etc. The walls of the Writing Room have been newly colored, and the door communicating with the small north room has been narrowed...
...University and Freshman crew squads were called out for spring rowing soon after the mid-year examinations, and since then the squads have been gradually cut down, until the combinations have at last been selected. This year all the Harvard crews have struggled against unusual difficulties in the way of sickness and continued cold weather. The ice was later than usual in leaving the Charles, and even after it finally went, the late winter made rowing decidedly uncomfortable. In regard to sickness, Captain Bacon is the only man that has been in the boat since the season started. Richardson...
...clock, the wind having gone down, all the crews were sent on an easy row for three miles up the river and back again. The pace was never increased above a slow paddle. While out in the afternoon Griswold unfortunately cut his hand. All the other men were in good condition...