Word: doubtful
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Advocate, in his statement that the board at the Club is as good as can be obtained outside for $6 a week; aside from the attendant disadvantages mentioned by the writer, and the additional one, we fear, of uncleanliness in preparing the food. There can be little doubt that all disorder will cease in our new refectory; indeed, if the principle be true, "In Rome do as the Romans do," it is surprising that we have not, many of us, met with the fate of some of the followers of Ulysses...
...have only to suggest, in addition to the proposed changes, that the English custom be completely followed, and the absurd rule abolished which prohibits bottled ale or porter at table. These tonics are positively needful to many of the students; and there can be little doubt but what it is better to drink these openly, and at the proper season, than surreptitiously in one's own room...
...Cornell gave a beautiful site overlooking the lake and surrounding country for many miles, and after determined and systematic work the undertaking may now be called, we are glad to say, an entire success. Thirteen hundred dollars have been subscribed, six hundred more is required for apparatus, and without doubt will soon be furnished by the students. The building, which is now in process of erection, will be of wood, about fifty-five by twenty-five feet; the plans and specifications have been furnished by Professor Babcock, Professor of Architecture, whose name is a sufficient guaranty of their utility...
...where he sleeps, studies, gives choice breakfasts to his friends, and wines of an evening to large parties. Englishmen coming to this country are much surprised to find that here, as a rule, two students instead of one rent a room and its accompanying bedrooms. Such a system no doubt has its pleasures. With a chum a man who is of social disposition is certain not to be left for any great length of time alone. More visitors are said to come to see two than to see one. Besides, - a most obvious advantage, - the expenses are lessened, so that...
Handsome prizes will be offered, and the crews and their friends will without doubt, following the general rule, be unanimous in voting Saratoga Lake the best course in the United States, and the citizens of Saratoga the most amiable people to whose hospitality they were ever confided. It is true that the New England crews will have to travel somewhat farther, but this objection ought certainly to be overweighed by the superiority of the Saratoga course over that of New London...