Word: enjoyments
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been suggested to us that a conference between the president and several prominent members of the upper class would be the best way to settle the difficult question. At Brown, we understand, some such understanding exists and is accompanied with very good results. The students are allowed to enjoy themselves quietly and on their own grounds; the people of Providence are not disturbed; and the excitement dies out of itself before the hour becomes too late...
...grass immediately underneath it and scorches much more for many yards around, so that the evil effects can be seen for months. If proper pride for appearances does not move the student, then a slight regard for college property ought to make him more careful. Let us enjoy our victories, but let us at the same time observe the rights of private property...
...wedded to the idea of prayer-going that an appeal to them would be practically useless. With hard work, aided by the liberalizing tendencies of the times, we hope to see voluntary prayers introduced within a few years, even if none of those now in college are able to enjoy this privilege...
...those who have ever tried canoeing, there is no need to tell its advantages over other sports. To enjoy it, it is not necessary for one to go through a course of training, nor to strain himself to excel everyone else. It is free from all suspicion of "professionalism." The canoeist engages in his sport for the pure fun of the thing, and can get along without the glory and black eyes and broken shins on base-ball and football. Canxing contains all the pleasures of yachting, and in addition many others of which the yachtsman knows nothing. To quote...
...advantages of a canx club at Harvard would be many. It would unite those who now enjoy the sport alone, and would put canxing on a firm basis here. Short runs could be taken down the harbor, up the Charles and Mystic, and to many other places near at hand. Sailing and paddling races could be held on the river, and would be very enjoyable. There is already a flourishing canx club in Cambridge, and with the canxists of the Union Club in addition, there would probably be no lack of competitors for us should we hold open races...