Word: dearest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Tree exercises in any form, and has only allowed them to be held about the old tree again on condition that the objectionable features of the scrimmage be wholly done away with. Thus it is perfectly clear that the future of one of Harvard's oldest and dearest traditions depends on the conduct of the Seniors at the Tree exercises next Thursday. If the wishes of the Corporation are observed as regards the forming of combinations of men in the scrimmage and the wearing of objectionable clothes, the exercises can doubtless be kept up in future years in their present...
...Harvard-Princeton baseball game, I did, upon the impulse of the moment (I intended only to paint the score on the sidewalk when I bought the paint) commit what has properly been called an act of vandalism, of which I am heartily ashamed, and which has cost me my dearest ambition. I painted the score upon the pedestal of the statue of John Harvard, but I never intended it for "desecration," although I now feel that the student sentiment was just...
...class of 1900 of Harvard University, extend to you our deepest sympathy in the death of your son, Edward Dickson. He was well known and sincerely respected by all of us, and in him we lose one of our truest friends and dearest comrades. His memory will ever remain with...
Forgetting the past and resolving on a generous open-hearted rivalry in the future, Harvard again joins hands with Yale and welcomes her heartily and joyfully to her old place as Harvard's "nearest and dearest...
...college. 'Founded by act of the people,' The college was the creation of the whole community. From the General Court she received her charter and financial aid; through it she was governed. The college never has been nor can be separate and distinct from the people and their dearest interests. Public spirit moves through her as the winds from the surrounding country sweep through her elms. The pulse of the people can be felt and the movements of the nation anticipated...