Word: handfuls
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...such petty thefts occur only occasionally, the members will endure them with a patient shrug; but if, on the other hand, two or three men persist in habitual thieving, they ought, when detected, to be summarily ejected from the Reading-Room and thereafter deprived of its privileges...
...cause for regret, and will find the privilege in no way abused. The object is a worthy one, for the Crew needs money now if ever it did. As to the success of the performances there can hardly be a doubt, for the gentleman who has them in hand has already shown great energy in the undertaking; now all that remains is the encouragement of our friends in college...
...representing not only the best rowing in Harvard, but the best rowing in American colleges. It is only fair, then, that we should row with the champion college crew, and, in case we are successful, with other colleges that are willing to race in eights. On the other hand, it is neither fair nor reasonable that we should travel all over the Western and Middle States for the sake of meeting a rival. New London is the place for these races, not Owasco Lake nor Harlem River. If Columbia and Cornell are determined to row over their favorite courses...
...practice four months after their annual regatta; but Oxford ought to consent to this sacrifice of the summer, for she has owed us a race ever since our memorable defeat in '69. That we have decided to row, if possible, the English Universities, is due on the one hand to the graduates, for without their pecuniary aid we could have done nothing; and to the Crew of '78, on the other hand, for without their hearty enthusiasm the project would have fallen flat...
...them, but he told me that if he did n't go, some of the Professors would mark him zero for not going. Is that so? I guess he was funning; anyhow, I don't think it's fair. I ask you this, because I am getting out a hand-book on the "Elective System at Harvard," explaining it to outsiders, and I want to have a few facts. It will be published at the Riverside Press...