Word: forget
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...visit to this country in 1824 and cannot fail to awaken in the minds of every one who reads it the appreciation of the vast strides in culture and wealth which has been made in the United States during the past half-century. The present generation are apt to forget the condition of their country so many years ago, and neglect to realize the mighty advancement of every branch of industry. The contrast is well set off by Mrs. Lamb in her chapter on the incidents in connection with Lafayette's visit. "Stephen A. Douglass and the Free Soilers...
...jumping ground clear. Also on Jarvis Field every afternoon the men witnessing the football practice crowd out into the field, to the great annoyance of the players. This should not continue, and we wish to severely censure the men we wish to severely censure the men that so forget themselves. Both on Jarvis and Holmes fields seats are provided for the use of spectators, and if men would remember to keep these, every one would have a clear view, and the contests would not be interfered with...
Graduates would regain confidence in our crews here, for we must not forget that some graduates rowed and won before we were born, and would support us with the same enthusiasm as the Yale Alumni support their undergraduates. This enthusiasm of Yale graduates and the co-operatian of students and alumni at New Haven is what makes it possible for Bob Cook, Esq., and certain other gentlemen to be travelling through the West this autumn raising large sums of money to help defeat Harvard again in 1888. If rowing interests and successes were left to become the burden...
...Ebenezer Jones, for whose poems he wishes us to make a place, even if we have to thrust aside "some of his more successful rivals, who are admired simply because they happen to be the fashion." Mr. Perry is an eloquent and skillful advocate, but we must not forget that "fashion" in such matters is usually right: if it makes a favorite of one poet, it is because he has something to say or, at least, says nothing in an attractive manner; if it disregards another, we may find the reason in some defect which for the time or forever...
...consented. A canvas was instituted resulting in a large majority of the members of the Union pledging their support to Mr. Furber. On the eve of the election postal cards were sent to the adherents of the latter, calling upon them to remember their pledge and not to forget the day of the meeting. On the day of the election a placard, similar to the postal card notice, and signed by the same men, appeared in the college buildings. The men whose names were signed had no knowledge of the matter. The meeting was called and Mr. Furber was elected...