Word: going
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...objection that the occasion offers an acceptable opportunity for the settlement of past grievances is a matter difficult to determine, but doubtless the committee has obtained testimony on this point, as positive as that which props their first indictment. Certainly the present writer in his generation did not go hence unscathed, but he is equally certain that the trifling irregularity in which his collar button suffered fracture was untainted by any ignoble motives of revenge. However, this whole question is one to be determined by the individual members of the class. They might draw up a solemn covenant...
...Sunday evening services in Appleton Chapel, which are "open to the public," is at once an answer to the question and an example of a successful plan of reserving seats for students most of whom, unlike Cambridge citizens, do not feel that they have the time to go to lectures half an hour early and waste the time between their arrival and the beginning of the lectures for the sake of securing from outsiders seats at exercises intended primarily for themselves...
...rowing authorities. No final arrangements for the races have been reached, because Cornell is not in a position to agree finally until she comes to an understanding with Harvard. Harvard has intimated that she would like to race Cornell separately, in which case the former would probably not go into a quadrangular race this year...
There are really comparatively few men, except those who live so near the College that in case of sickness they would go home, who would not have occasion during the year of using an infirmary. Those who would signify their intention of going home if taken sick might, as the communication suggests, be exempted from the fee. With this restriction it could hardly be said that "the many were paying for the few." There are some, to be sure, who would not use the infirmary, but these few should not hinder any movement which is so thoroughly desireable...
...question of the petition was then taken up. It was agreed that the nine and track team could not go to Soldiers Field this spring as the diamond and track would not be prepared so soon, and the question discussed was the necessity of having temporary grand stands on Holmes Field. Captain Vincent said that it would be very necessary in order to have sufficient attendance to raise money and keep up the interest of the competitors. Captain Dean thought that the success of the baseball season would depend very much on the grand stands. Many of the students present...