Word: hinting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...make them believe that you only work when you have nothing better to do. You must never allow yourself to openly sacrifice pleasure to duty. The truth is, that any American is provoked by the presence of a person who is in any way his superior; and if you hint to your classmates that you are walking away from them on the rank-list, they will take good care to establish a balance of power by walking away out of sight down a vista of society rooms...
...actually out Nations the Nation in pessimism, and then, probably remembering the Golden Rule, quotes the Nation's words, which deny any influence to scholars, but thank them for the inestimable service of keeping alive the conception of a better state of things. We can but take the hint, and while fearing that the article will have little effect in reforming degraded students, are deeply thankful that in one breast, at least, still glows that "lofty morality" which "keeps alive the conception of a better state of things." After a prayer for more earnest action and "enthusiasm of the idea...
...causes much amusement to their elders. Not that I would have the Freshman who entered college in June without a condition forget for a moment, during the summer, that he is a member of Harvard University, and that he must deport him self with becoming dignity; nor would I hint to the Sophomore that a great many of his acquaintances have heard college songs and stories before his appearance on the scene: but I would suggest that during the summer vacation we should take in, as well as give out, a knowledge of men and things...
...E.MESSRS. EDITORS, - I observed, in the last number of the Magenta, a vague hint about the possible formation of a general Whist Club after the recess. Permit me to say that there exists already in the Sophomore Class a Whist Club, which it is proposed to enlarge into a general club at the beginning of the next academic year. Since it is now rather late, on account of the pressure of the Semiannuals, to organize and establish another society, it would seem best to wait till next year; then, if the intention of the Sophomore Club holds good, men from...
...scholarly admiration. It is a result attainable by those who can felicitously express exactly what constitutes the peculiar charm of their book or author, and is not so valuable to the reader for any intrinsic merit of authority, as for its suggestions of what to read, and its pleasant hint of what one will find in his reading...