Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...vigorous and successful year in all its departments. New men have been taken on its corps of instructors, and new courses have been added to its curriculum. The merits of the elective system, of which our University is the chief exponent, have been demonstrated in the past. We expect with confidence that the result of the work done during the coming year will make the success of the system only the more clear...
...service which was simply the consecration of each new day, by eight hundred picked men of high purpose preparing for lofty duty. Perfectly naturally, therefore, the service here has assumed the place which we all wish for anything that belongs to the University. As we wish, and indeed expect, that our observatory shall be the most distinguished observatory in America, our system the best system, our gymnasium the best gymnasium, our crew the best crew, our Greek the best Greek, we are glad to believe that our chapel service is the most dignified and distinguished, and that it meets fully...
...past defeats-although we have never been ashamed of them-and to put Harvard in the lead again. The opportunity must be seized. The exertions of the crew should be supported and encouraged by the students as they never have been before. The University has a right to expect victory...
...notice which was printed in yesterday's CRIMSON urging the cricket men to faithful practice until the game which will be played next Wednesday with the University next Wednesday with the University of Pensylvania. Philadelphia is the home of cricket in the United States, and we may therefore expect to meet formidable opponents. It is only by faithful practice that Harvard can hope to make a favorable showing. Now, if ever, in the first years of this sport, is the time when Harvard must decide whether or not it will take the rank in cricket which it already holds...
...Library, one at least should be kept in circulation. Instructors are too apt to reserve indiscriminately everything bearing on their subject, and thus to prevent readers who do not happen to take their courses from getting as much benefit from the Library as they have a right to expect. Cannot this be remedied...