Word: held
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...serious societies may be dismissed with a word. They are wretched, dead affairs, which are only held together by shingles and seals. If you join one, you will attend a meeting or two, find it stupid, and afterwards stay away. The treasurer will send you a bill or two, which you will forget to pay. Your name will be posted, but nobody will read it. And in the end you will resign, having gained no advantage except a certificate of membership. The truth is that French clubs and German clubs and chess clubs have no real reason for existence...
...recent dinner held in New York in honor of Adam Smith's Work, "The Wealth of Nations," has excited considerable comment, and has aroused an interest in the subject which we hope will bear its fruits. The matter comes home to us in view of the recent withdrawal of Political Economy from the list of required studies...
...social meeting of the Alumni, held December 22, at the Union League Theatre, Mr. John Jay strongly advocated the removal of the various departments of the University, and their establishment in one place as a single institution...
...most monotonous season in the whole nine months we spend in Cambridge, and anything which breaks the monotony is truly a godsend. The meeting of the Athletic Association last March in the Gymnasium was in the main successful, and we sincerely trust that we shall see another held there this year...
...highest rank who happens by any means to amass the highest number of marks among the men who try for high marks. The scholarships support fools who have simply a moderate capacity for work and very empty pockets. Nothing more is necessary to secure such honors as are held out, and yet we wonder at the indifference of those who cannot be made to see that they are worth having. Virtue may be its own reward, but it is nevertheless a very poor reward. Men need something more inspiriting...