Word: grow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Perhaps "absence makes the heart grow fonder"; perhaps the Boston alumni are too near us to appreciate what means so much to the Harvard men of New York and other cities. Mr. Tupper has not found it so. Better for Harvard that our graduate organization is most complete in the west and south, where it is needed most; better still if it were complete throughout. Once broached, we feel sure the matter will not pass without further consideration; once organized, it will not lack for support...
...laws are faithfully executed. No Executive has been more watchful and vigorous in the fulfilling of that trust than our present Executive. The most powerful interests in the land recognize that, and the masses are grateful in their recognition of his services. The more powerful the capitalistic interests grow, the more need is there that the rights of the masses be guarded, and that their justified grievances be redressed. And so long as we are faithful to this fundamental doctrine there is not now, nor can there ever be, any room in our country for communism, collectivism, socialism...
...with mutual benefit, be put in touch with each other. At Cornell the Cosmopolitan Club has proved its usefulness and attained the popularity it deserves. We hope and fully expect that here, where the possibilities are so great, the society, although perhaps not much in the public eye, will grow steadily in usefulness, scope and power...
...contempt the Harvard men guilty of speculation in football tickets. Year after year it it has been rumored, but not openly stated, that the blacklist was to be published. Just as regularly have the guilty persons escaped public discountenance, and just as regularly has the blacklist continued to grow, despite the fact that the men on this list have been deprived of the privilege to apply for tickets in the future...
...must not, then be too serve with Lampy's habitual failings. If jokes are to appear once in so often, one cannot wait for them to "just grow" like Topsy; they must be manufactured. If there is little to suggest them, they must be forced. If there is dearth of local picturesqueness, they must go afield to life in general. Moreover, it is only fair to the present number to admit that there are some good touches among the wealth of the commonplace. "Phrases from Novels" (p. 200), the dernier cri of the Freshman's welcome home...