Word: holding
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...deep; - but still they hold...
...Treasurer, who shall be a graduate of the University, and a member of the Boat Club, shall hold office for a period of three years, beginning with the year 1874, and shall be elected with the other officers every third year...
Could this abandonment of a practice which has been a serious blot upon the character of American Colleges be prolonged for two years more, we may fairly hope that in ceasing to be a "College Custom," the practice would lose its last hold upon young men who are justly proud of the good name of Harvard Students as gentlemen...
...hold of the custom lies mainly in that conservative instinct which makes us all slow to give up an old usage, even though a mischievous one; and doubly so when its abandonment may seem due to lack of spirit. This instinct is strongest where experience is least; and young men can hardly be expected to resolve not to do what their predecessors for generations have done, unless they receive in this course encouragement and support from the emphatic counsels and warnings of those whose opinions and advice they have learned to respect and follow...
...Which hold our destinies in store...