Word: even
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...however, that the author of "Hammersmith" has shown us a living Harvard, if not exactly the Harvard which each one of us knows. Times have changed since he was here; distance has added a romantic coloring to his recollections; but the portrait which he has drawn is a likeness, even if it is an ideal...
...merited success of his labors, that he has perhaps got to considering the book as a sort of official publication. At any rate, he has used the College Seal on all his advertisements. We have strong doubts whether he does so by permission of the Faculty; as even the respectable Advocate's request to be allowed its use was refused. But Mr. King is not the only offender, for an enterprising restaurateur in town has sent invitations to all the undergraduates, which read somewhat in this fashion : "Christo et Ecclesiae. Serve Mr. -, and give him a discount of fifteen...
...cousins on seeing this crew row would be a sight worth travelling some distance to see. In stroke, style, and training they are exactly opposite to what the English rowing-men have always been taught to consider "good form." What they will think of a crew whose habitual stroke, even for a three-mile race, is 45, and who, on spurts, run up to 48 and 50 with ease to themselves; who are utterly without "form" of any sort; who set at defiance many of the traditional rules of training, and yet manage to carry their old 22-inch...
...even Freshmen are now civilized...
...what I would suggest is, that the Faculty in future omit recitations during three or four days or even a week before the examinations begin, thereby giving ample time of preparation for all. This is not perhaps the best plan, but under the present system I see no other solution of the question...