Word: evening
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which "us" does his "let us be just, even if we have been loafing," refer. There seems to be a general confusion in the handling of poor "us." I think the paper was a little hard, but fair. I have been unable, however, to find out what "we" think about...
...method in preparing examination papers. Some instructors give short papers with few questions and expect to have each question pretty thoroughly discussed. Other instructors give long papers with numerous questions. The answers to such questions must necessarily be brief; owing to their brevity they are liable to be faulty, even with the most careful student, and it is not likely that they are ever entirely satisfactory. The objection to long papers holds good especially when the questions are of a theoretical nature; questions of fact are more easily answered in a concise way. Again, even if the short and long...
...thus, your friend will certainly be extinguished. And Lampy, you are so very funny, though pitifully so, that we might almost think that the prayer petition is about to be granted, - and this raises hopes which no man can innocently enjoy. But this weather is so "sloppy" that perhaps even Lampy can be forgiven if he will cease to attempt henceforth to illumine his columns with that talismanic word, the CRIMSON. Of course the Lampoon cannot appreciate the blessings of Harvard morality and religion. But a too candid acknowledgement of a want of moral stamina and cerebral perception is often...
...Sever with its shiny but hard hearted benches, to our Laboratories with their curious devices for holding students, as it were, in situ for an hour at a time, - through all the weary round constantly the observer's wonder increases at the conditions under which existence can make even a partially successful contest with extinction. There are three or four main classes into which these seating facilities may be divided, first the "forms," next the chairs fastened together, third, chairs and desks, and fourth, broken chairs...
...hand they generally remain more than four years at school. The associations which many of the more important schools have formed, try to keep alive the school spirit and bring the graduates together; but in most cases they are far from successful, and none thinks of attending their meetings, even if he takes the trouble to join them after leaving school. Explain it as we will, the fact remains that most fellows do nothing about perpetuating the reminiscences of school life, although they act quite differently about their college life...