Word: expected
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hard to see how the gentlemen conducting this week's debate in English 6 expect to get any speeches from the floor when they have not taken the trouble to reserve a single book in the alcove...
...good listener as well as a good talker. He seemed to expect some valuable contribution from every one, and each left him with a certain sense of added dignity from the conviction that Mr. Curtis had found his suggestions worthy of respectful consideration. Both in public and in private his attitude was that of a "sweet reasonableness...
...another column the superintendent of the Post Office makes a very reasonable request for greater accuracy in the addressing of students' mail. Had he asked this as a matter of convenience to the Post Office alone, he would doubtless have asked in vain; but it is not unnatural to expect that the students will pay more heed to a request which is evidently made in their own interests. An error or omission in an address is likely to mean a delay of some ten hours in the delivery of a letter...
...additional argument for our movement is the fact that facilities at present existing in New England for the collegiate education of women are insufficient. With the outfit asked for, Brown University will offer women better educational opportunities than are now open to them anywhere in New England, and may expect many women students from neighboring states...
...every effort to turn out a winning team. If the number of candidates should be small owing to lack of interest, every man in the class ought to feel himself indirectly to blame. All the more after having a victory over the Yale freshmen in football does the college expect a good baseball team; and the first step in this direction is to give the coach plenty of material to pick from. Every man who tries for the team should do so with the fixed determination that nothing shall prevent him from doing his best to uphold the good reputation...