Word: glad
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...which exactly expresses our views upon the subject; some of its remarks are such that, if they proceeded from one of the older Eastern colleges, the author would be directly accused of a snobbish desire to trample on struggling merit in the wild West; on this account, we are glad to find them in the Collegian. Speaking of the catalogue, the writer says: "It cannot tell you, from the course of study laid down, anything about the quality of the teaching. Promises made to the eye may be so imperfectly kept as to be broken to the hope. We have...
SOME time since an article proposing the establishment of a German society in college appeared in the columns of the Advocate. We are glad to announce that this suggestion was favorably received, and a society formed, which consists at present of some twenty-five members, the limit of membership being thirty. It meets once a week, at the various rooms of the members; by this means the expense of the society is very much lessened. An hour and a half is whiled away in conversation carried on in German, in the use of which language some have attained remarkable proficiency...
...liking in other persons for contrast. This love of contrast is shown in the disposition which makes ministers' sons and deacons' daughters stand as types of youthful waywardness; while, in fact, these persons form the most unassuming portion of creation. So with the name of student, - many would be glad to make it synonymous with its antipodes...
...crackers and milk would make him relish anything else, and last, but not least, of occasionally going to sleep by the wayside. It was mildly hinted that a connection with an institution in the neighboring town of Somerville would be more beneficial than a course at college. I am glad to say that he is now an altered...
...glad to announce that the Executive Committee of the Harvard Boat Club will soon publish a small hand-book, illustrative of the style of rowing now in vogue at Harvard. It is to be issued in pamphlet form, after the manner of a similar work printed at Oxford, England, some ten years...