Word: frequentative
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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That some few Seniors, conspicuous by the smallness of the number, do show that their potations have been so frequent as to make them forgetful of the conduct becoming to gentlemen, hardly proves that the rest of the class should be debarred from a pleasant frolic. The personal disgrace of a few does not disgrace their class...
...well known that "great bodies move slowly," and as this is an undertaking which requires considerable time to get under way, and still further time for completion, it is well, in such a matter, to take time by the forelock. In the second place, although Juniors have had frequent calls for contributions made upon them during the past month, still at present they are less subject to these demands than at other times. Finally, it seems as though a memorial window, to be literally a class window, ought to be paid for by subscription from every member in the class...
...MORROW the third important foot-ball event comes off, - the match with Yale. A large number of men have said that they intend to accompany the team. During the match at Montreal frequent and excited disputes caused angry words and no little ill-feeling for the time, which was only dispelled by the favorable result of the game, the appearance of the groaning tables, and the good-nature of the vanquished hosts. Now we hope that the rules will be clearly understood once for all, and that the players will not make the decisions and points of the match...
...would be as instructive and useful as on any subject, a knowledge of which is requisite for general culture. At Dartmouth there is a course of lectures on law delivered to the academic students. They do not go into the subject deeply, but enough to read the frequent law terms which occur in articles, newspapers, and books with more intelligence, and to learn in a short time what could only be acquired by a chance explanation in conversation or in years of general reading...
...kept in permanent training, ready at any moment to be put on the 'Varsity. "There would be an harmonious development of body and brains, the method pursued in the old Grecian gymnasia." And, finally, the emulation of the various boat-clubs was to cause most interesting and frequent races...