Word: gladness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...comfort of gentlemen remains to be seen. If it was this zeal for our interests which induced the Bursar to select such an individual for one of his appointments, he will doubtless be able to find many ex-officials of lunatic asylums, state prisons, etc., who will be glad of so easy and lucrative a position. This sort of parental restriction which the Bursar has imposed upon us, in dictating whom we are to employ, is foreign to the whole spirit of the College, and is a remnant of that system of petty annoyance which young men hope to have...
...repeat, in the interest of the University, that one of the hindrances to its usefulness lies in the fact that a large body of Christian parents believe it to be a hot-bed of Unitarianism. . . . We shall be glad to receive from Dr. Clarke a definition of 'non-sectarian theology,' describing in detail the manner in which it is taught, and the view it takes of such questions as the Atonement, the Trinity, etc., . . . and telling us whether the chair or chairs from which it is to be taught in the Harvard Divinity School can be or will be filled...
...glad to see that several of our Athletes have not been idle during the summer; T. H. Simmons, '80, and E. J. Wendell, '82, having won several well-contested races. F. M. Ware, '79, has given up the cinder-path and taken to the turf. We wish him all success...
...windows. Very pretty were the bits of color, - crimson, white, and blue, - that relieved the dull, grim red of the old buildings. But the exercises seemed a good deal of a farce to me. I fell down, and was stepped on, and the ladies laughed, - so I was glad to get out again...
...pleasing duty alone remains. Inquire the way to Mr. Sever's. It is a short distance, and almost any upper-class man will be glad to show you. Here you will subscribe to two copies of the Crimson: one must never leave you; the other you will send home regularly, for it will show mamma, and Sister Lou, and Cousin Sukey how nice and kind the College gentlemen are, and how well Master Jacky will be taken care...