Word: hardships
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: Whenever the examination period comes, the undergraduate begins to ponder upon the injustice and hardship of this world and wonders whether life is worth living after all. He constantly notices cases where the greatest injustice occurs and wonders if it is not possible to prevent such things. It certainly does seem hard in the first place that the examinations, which are to give us the main part of our marks for the year, should all be placed at the end of the year when the weather is least suited for studying. In the Law School...
...wholly abolished, or at least made voluntary. There is no movement against morning chapel, except on the part of a mere handful who would escape all religious exercises if it were possible. All classes meet for recitation at that hour, and it is not felt to be a hardship or any thing unjust to require attendance at that hour...
...come to college and avail himself of all the privileges of a regular student without being obliged to take the required course. The only thing such a man must forego is the degree and the mention of his name in the Quinquennial Catalogue - the last surely no great hardship...
...students. The faculty, however, instead of making the recess longer than usual, have shortened it to one day. Their meaning probably is that, while the students complained because the journey to and from home consumed in most cases the whole time granted, it ought not to be a great hardship to spend the day in Cambridge. [Harvard Correspondent of N. Y. Post...
...could today supply a better table at from $4.00 to $4.50 than can now be found elsewhere in Cambridge. 3. That, as hundreds of men in college depend on the hall to protect them from the impositions of boarding house keepers, its closing will cause great inconvenience and hardship, since it will be the signal for an immediate rise in prices throughout Cambridge...