Word: fears
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that few would agree with a writer in the last number of the Advocate, in his statement that the board at the Club is as good as can be obtained outside for $6 a week; aside from the attendant disadvantages mentioned by the writer, and the additional one, we fear, of uncleanliness in preparing the food. There can be little doubt that all disorder will cease in our new refectory; indeed, if the principle be true, "In Rome do as the Romans do," it is surprising that we have not, many of us, met with the fate of some...
...what may well be considered the great bane of this department, namely, the number of students who elect them for a "soft thing." This evil in the French studies has in a great measure been done away with by the acuteness and good sense of the Professor, but we fear that, especially in the Sophomore electives, these studies are pursued with little effort, and the benefit derived by the student is at its minimum...
...been so often attacked, that one ought to expect and welcome the presentation of the other side of the argument. But if this is all that can be said, - and it must be acknowledged that our author is pretty successful in covering the ground on his side, - we fear that his case is far from a strong...
...keep behind in these loved but somewhat desolate halls? Does he imagine what anguish will be theirs when the music of the Janitor's matins fails to reach their ears, or how they will miss the cheery hum of their classmates' voices from early morn till morn again? I fear not. Such is the selfishness of the undergraduate mind. And, after all, Cambridge in vacation is not so bad a place. It is true, the Yard is dreary and forlorn enough; but within, the fire burns as brightly as ever. And then you are never quite alone; it always happens...
...care a straw for the office, but we want to defeat that man from -." If this were not their first year in Cambridge, they would know that just such a spirit among the fellows has already greatly injured one or two Freshman crews: and members of the other classes fear that it will succeed in gaining another victim in the '77 crew...