Word: generality
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Cushing, the compiler of the Index to the "North American," is now at work upon a general index of authors, designed in part for aid to libraries in cataloguing. It will contain over thirty thousand names...
...challenge prizes have been presented to the Association by the Triton, Eureka, and Passaic Boat Clubs of Newark, N. J. These will be rowed for annually, the style of the three races to be hereafter determined. Perhaps singles or pairs, with fours and eights, would meet with the most general approval among college oarsmen..... The three cups cost the manufacturers not far from $1,000, and far surpass any prizes ever before offered in aquatic contests either in England or this country...
...feel sure that our efforts to establish an "American Henley" will meet with general appreciation, and we solicit, and shall doubtless receive, the hearty aid and encouragement of the Harvard University Boat Club. We do not ask for any pecuniary assistance (none of the expenses of the Regatta are to be borne by the colleges), but we desire your advice and approval.... You may not desire to change your eight-oared contest with Yale College, but why should not the proposed races between your crew and Cornell or Columbia be rowed under our auspices, at a regatta open only...
Another circumstance that does not lead to general harmony is the existence of so many personal enmities among the men; you cannot find any one who does not detest two or three of his classmates. Beck said something slighting of Holworthy; it was reported to Holworthy by some of those obliging men who are never wanting in such good offices, and so they don't speak, and lose no occasion of depreciating each other. Ah, my dear Freshmen, keep your mouths shut, if you want to get along at this college! Doggy got the presidency...
...found it not so bad after all. One Reverend gentleman acted as Referee and others presented prizes, one of which was in the substantial form of a barrel of apples. The subjects of some of the articles in the present number of the Index are of a very general character, such as "Poetry," "Truth," "Wit and Humor." These subjects are taken up and disposed of in a column or two each. We are glad to see that the editors are liberal enough to ridicule the Oberlin crusade against billiards...