Word: happen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor Norton announced in Fine Arts 3 yesterday that he would be happy to see on Christmas Eve from eight to ten, any members of the course who may happen to be in Cambridge then. There will be no recitation in the course tomorrow...
...reached the western payers, it has grown into an almost absurd magnitude, the real matter itself being almost lost in the imaginary details rumor has collected for it. In the large number of students here, it is almost impossible that a few acts of thoughtlessness should not happen. in the case only, it must be observed, of a few men. It is for the better control of this few that the college regulations have been lately made more strict. Especially does this apply to freshmen, who, having just come from the strict rules and punishments of school...
...feet, body and head, and when the use of the hands is prohibited, one can imagine what science is brought into play. It is wonderful the accuracy with which a good player can kick, placing the ball within two or three yards of the desired point, Scrimmages do not happen once in a dozen games, and they are of very short duration. The rules strictly prohibit any "scrapping," or the use of the hands to keep a player off the ball; hence injuries to players are few. Such occurrences as broken legs and noses are never heard of. The game...
...which are, accordingly, sure to be misleading. It is not difficult for a man to find fault with the deeds of his ancestors and to blame them, on the ground that every evil thought and action had transmitted its effect to him. But it does not so often happen that this man realizes how careful he should be himself to try to counteract the evil influence he may have inherited and to take good care not to add to the store which he must transmit to future generations...
...case. It is a frequent occurrence for a valuable book to disappear from the shelves just before important thesis are due in some course. The book sometimes reappears a few days after the theses have been handed in, often it does not. It is interesting to conjecture what will happen in the case of a certain book, now out of print, which is urgently needed by the students in one of the advanced Philosophy courses. The volume disappeared just after the date for handing in the theses was fixed by the instructor...