Word: felt
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...evening. At this reasonable and moderate hour some of our entries are, at this season of the year, wellnigh as dark as they are at eleven; and yet the gas, especially on Saturday evenings, is often not turned on till seven or eight. The need of light is felt especially in the lower halls of Matthews and Holyoke, and a serious accident which occurred in the latter building one evening last week shows that our complaint is not an idle one. To have a front tooth knocked out by running against a projection in a dark hall is a mishap...
...their order of importance), "not to be a nontenity in college life." nor to " shut themselves up between the covers of their lexicons" (which, by the way, we should hardly have considered as one of the natural instincts of a Freshman), but generally to assert themselves, and make themselves "felt and respected in all places." What a sweet, modest little rosebud the Williams Freshman must be, to judge from all this...
...game had been looked forward to with much interest; the team was largely composed of new men, and it was felt that victory now was necessary to give them confidence for the games to be played this fall. May like success attend them in all their struggles! The game was decided in their favor, they scoring three goals and two touch-downs to their opponents nothing...
THIS is the time of year when any of our exchanges are filled with accounts of preparations for the intercollegiate contests. Although Harvard has never felt inclined to enter these contests, she has not been uninterested in them. The judges have invariably been men who have acquired a reputation in the subjects to which they were assigned; and in this way many of the contestants have had their work assayed in a much juster manner than would be possible in the contestants' own colleges. But the public have not yet been able to discover just how much an intercollegiate award...
...greatest value of a college course is felt in journalism proper, the editorial department. It is in this part of the work that the writing of themes and forensics will be found of material aid; for a large part of the editorials in the daily papers differ in no respect from the written work required from us. And when to the practice in writing we add that knowledge of European and United States history, of political economy, and of English literature, with which we may go from here so abundantly provided, no better foundation for a successful journalistic career...