Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Garrison's communication of today seems to me to need but one criticism. The march he proposes for a University song is a difficult one to set to verse. It is true that it has the advantage of being distinctly Harvard, but it seems that something more suited for a slogan could be suggested, something simple and unique at the same time...
...experience of club managers has always been that the restaurant is the most difficult department to maintain, and that it is almost always a source of loss. By such a union as is proposed above, the cost of service would be greatly diminished, and the only unprofitable department would be eliminated; while the dining hall management could do the larger business to greater advantage than a smaller...
This means that a very large sum will be required. And just here lies the real key to future success or failure. If enough money be raised, it is difficult to see why a general club should not prove as successful here as Houston Hall at Pennsylvania now actually...
...discussion took place as to the merits of the plan proposed several years ago for a University Club. There was a very general expression of opinion by individual undergraduates and by club resolutions, and in every instance the plan received strong support. In fact it was a very difficult matter to discover any opposition. Since then there has been ample time to give the matter careful thought, and the men now in College should certainly be prepared to express decided views...
Owing to the extremely poor weather conditions only three men turned out for the Rifle and Revolver Club shoot on Saturday and no very good shooting was done. Rifle shooting was especially difficult on account of the high wind. H. C. Taylor took first place in the all comers pistol match of the M. R. A., and E. Malinckrodt fourth place...