Word: fewer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...past twelve every day. That the library needs airing is unquestioned, but is 12.30 the best time for its daily airing? The large number of the students do not go to lunch till nearly one, and it appears to me that from one till quarter after there would be fewer students exposed to the draughts...
...ought to meet with such prompt response as to make further appeals for the same object unnecessary. The college should at all events show that it is unwilling to slight the needs of a victorious crew. We hope that the freshmen in particular will see fit to contribute largely. Fewer organizations are dependent for financial support on them than on any other class, and they should show their interest in the success of Harvard's athletics in a substantial...
...will have any influence on the action of the convention remains to be seen. It looks now as if it would make Dartmouth's hold on her present position even more uncertain than at present, for now that Amherst is no longer to be taken into consideration, there are fewer reasons for the continuance of Dartmouth in the league. Any change that may be made by the convention in the constitution of the league will probably not go into effect this year, as in that case injustice might be done to those who have kept in practice all through...
...shall we say inability, has not been so successful as the rest, although some of T. J. B.'s verses are worth the reading. The Athenaeum is in much the same position. Decke writes a great deal, in fact its verses are like its cuts, if there were fewer of them it would be better for them and for us; but what would be left of the poor thing? Pretty much what we receive in fortnightly instalments now, dry skin and bones...
...gentlemen which should never be forgotten, even on the foot-ball field. Columbia has hitherto taken Harvard's side of the question, and we hope she will still continue to do so, though if she tried Yale's plan there might be more individual funerals on her part with fewer team observances of the same description. [Acta...