Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...going, and their plans cannot be perfected until the last minute, an inconvenience which only men who have had experience on such dinner committees can appreciate. The sophomore class dinner is the first of a series of social class gatherings around the festive board, and always proves successful. We expect that eighty-seven's dinner will be no exception to this rule...
...host of friends for himself thereby. In our wishes for the success of his present enterprise, perhaps there is a grain of selfish interest. Mr. Bowen is starting out to do missionary work for the college; he is to preach the Harvard "word" throughout the land; and, we expect, in the near future, troops of callow youth to come thronging to Harvard as the results of his efforts. But, whether this result comes or not, our wishes for his success are both sincere and hearty...
...have the lecture room in its comfortableness in accordance with the popularity and interest of the course. But complaints are continually made that the lectureroom is altogether too hot for the enjoyment of the lectures. Men who climb to such a height as the top of the Museum, expect to get above the regions of intense heat; but in these expectations they are terribly disappointed. A temperature of eighty or ninety degrees, Farenheit, is too hot for the natural continuance of life, to say nothing of the gaining of profit from a lecture. In view of these facts, then, cannot...
...been given by an authority so much respected in athletic matters. The Association is to hold another meeting in about a month, when such questions as may arise in regard to the construction of the above described status of an "amateur," will be settled. From appearances, then, we may expect this spring a very comprehensive and accurate description of an "amateur," and may also await with considerable curiosity, the position of our Athletic Committee on the definition, if they deign to notice...
...brass band has begun practice in earnest. Weekly rehearsals are now in order. The students can expect many open air concerts during the spring term...