Word: grind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...couple of valorous Frenchmen, or Italians, for some one hundred and twenty eight consecutive minutes, made day hideous with their mournful lays, or rather with their Marseillaise, and with other tunes of merry France, and awakened tender memories of "dear Parce," in the breast of many a sober "grind." Imprecations in spite of the memories came in showers from adjoining windows upon the singers' devoted heads. Many more discordant noises could be mentioned, but we refrain. So did the Italians, but in a different way. Now, in sober earnest, what are we going to do about it? There must exist...
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...what is before us in after life. Yet all the time, we know that we are leading a mighty pleasant existence. Well, we may as well make up our minds to it, we shall always have something disagreeable mixed in with the agreeable. So let's pitch in and grind hard. It will soon be over, and we shall enjoy our delicious June and the ensuing summer all the better...
...spite of all that has been said upon the subject, we as a body of students do not seem to appreciate the advantages which college offers us, and especially such a college as Harvard. Neither the grind nor the butterfly, nor the man approaching these two extremes, derives that benefit from college life which lies within his grasp. There is hardly any phase of life in which we may not to some extent exercise ourselves while in college. Studies, reading, athletics and society, all should claim some part of a man's life here. And we ought not to pursue...
...result that a college paper cannot give satisfaction both to students and faculty at the same time. These statements, although obviously so foolish, are worth notice because they voice the opinion of many unthinking readers who consider that the sole aim of the college press is to "grind" the faculty and carry on a sort of warfare against the existing powers...