Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...CLAIM of mine, duly filed in the current month of February for a deduction on account of ten days' absence, was disallowed by the Auditor, on the ground that no complete week as recognized by the Dining Association had been included therein. The rule of the Association on which the Auditor's action was based, seemed manifestly so opposed to common sense, that I petitioned the Directors to be exempted from its provisions. At their meeting on Wednesday the Directors acknowledged the unfairness of the rule by rescinding it. Other petitions for deduction for the same reason as mine came...
...much admired the catcher's cool playing Wednesday, we doubt whether he has the requisite strength for the position; could not the catcher of the Beacons be induced to play? We also need at least one active man in the field who will cover a tolerable amount of ground and do well at the bat. Although the prospect for the future is much brighter than it was, we can safely say that unless the men in college who have ever played ball before come to the front and lend their assistance, Harvard will not win, this year, the college championship...
...course perfectly evident; the extortionate prices which are charged for rooms in the Yard make it difficult to let all of them, and so good rooms must be offered to those who enter next year, or else they will room outside. Viewed in this light, there is no ground for surprise at the retention of rooms, however much there may be for dissatisfaction...
...ended, and a period marked by more original, independent effort is begun," producing "fresh, live essays, filled with their authors' personalities and earnest with their own honest thoughts," even if, now and then, a fledgling, too early venturing upon untried opinions, shall vainly flutter, and fall to the ground...
...only is the matter of dress calculated to discourage the beginner, but also the knowledge of advanced mathematics which seems to be required would strike terror into the heart of any one but a Peirce. "The measurement shall be from the nearest break of the ground made by the ball, perpendicularly to the scratch line, extended, if necessary, to meet this perpendicular." We see now the wisdom of the provision in regard to honorary members. The Executive Committee doubtless intend to elect the Professor of Surveying an honorary member, with the special duty of performing this difficult mathematical feat...