Word: deferred
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...several hundreds of these Harvard and Yale men who would be glad each year to finish up their Commencement celebration by witnessing a race between the representative boats of the two colleges, provided they can witness it quickly and inexpensively; and those who man the boats ought to defer to their friends' comfort and convenience, even irrespective of the fact that by thus rigorously ruling out all sideshows or subsidiary contests, which may tend to make confusion or delay, they will best subserve their own individual interests as oarsmen...
This, however, need not prevent a return to class races if the crews will be satisfied to use the club boats this spring, and defer the purchase of University shells till next year. A class race, even in our club boats, would be far more interesting than club races can ever be, and would insure the entrance of crews better trained than they have been for the two years past, and class feeling would act as a stimulus to greater exertion...
THOSE students who have looked forward to a sort of paradise in the way of recitation-rooms next winter will probably find themselves disappointed. Under the conditions of the bequest of Mrs. Sever the executors of her will may defer payment for one year, and circumstances have rendered it probable that such action will be taken; although it is hoped that some arrangement may be made whereby the College may come at once into the possession of the property. The new hall will stand probably on a line with Boylston, and will occupy the place once set apart...
...which prevents students from taking periodicals from the Library. The theses in many of the courses require the use of the English reviews, and frequently at the hour of closing the Library a student has to stop in the middle of an article, and thus he is compelled to defer his work at least until the next day. While we can see the necessity of keeping periodicals in the Library during Library hours, we think that all magazines should be placed on the same footing as books of reference; and we earnestly hope that some change will be made whereby...
...intellect not. Age only adds wisdom to his boundless store of learning. AEsop's fable of the aged Lion and the Ass is just as pertinent to-day as ever. The old Lion is not helpless quite yet. It would have been prudent for the Ass to defer his insult a little longer. He has been too precipitous...