Word: greatly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...just to the examiner in question to publicly correct them. The Freshman who complains of the loss of his Greek Grammar paper had two other conditions in Greek, instead of no other, and his book was never found at all, instead of being traced to the examiner's hands. Great care was taken, in this case, to have no mistake made, and no blame can be attached to the diligent Greek examiner...
...clock recitation - which he never cuts - every day in the week, as he takes twenty-eight hours of electives this year. An exception may be made of Monday morning, when Mr Beck, of Beacon Street, refreshed by his devotions at Trinity, takes the nine-o'clock car, to the great delight of his parents, - and then plays tennis...
...announcement that permission has been granted to the Senior class, by the Committee on Theatrical Entertainments, to give shortly in Boston a series of two or three theatricals will, no doubt, strike many with surprise. Yet such is the fact. The difficulty of obtaining such permission has been so great of late years, that entertainments of this kind are almost matters of the past. Yet the Committee have been pleased to consider favorably a petition sent in by some members of Seventy-Nine, and have given their assent, imposing very few conditions. These performances are to be given...
Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympathy to his parents and relatives in this their great bereavement...
...intimate terms with the Brown family for three generations. You question him closely, and he says he has not seen Brown for several years; does n't suppose he should recognize him now. When questioned more closely, he admits he does not know Brown personally, but has heard a great deal about him. This is what most of his intimate friendships amount to. But his conceit is impenetrable, and when his ignorance is revealed he bears the disclosure as calmly as if it were a confirmation of his statements...