Word: hope
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...from the colleges will be invited. There may be difficulty about getting college men to ride so soon before the Mott Haven contests on account of unwillingness to show their form. Exactly what influence this may have it is not possible to say, but the officers of the club hope that it will not interfere seriously with the success of the meeting. They will try especially to make the interscholastic race a success. The members of the club are confident that when the college men find out what good sport bicycle races are they will support them more liberally...
...club intends if possible to have the corners of the track on Holmes field raised. This will not hurt the track for running and will make it one of the fastest bicycle tracks in America. To meet these and other expenses the club is busy raising subscriptions. They hope to be able to raise enough to make the meet thoroughly successful...
...which Monticello was situated. He took especial care, too, in keeping up his different account books-his farm book, his agricultural book, his weather book. There are many curious entries in his agricultural book, such as-"June 10. Gratted 10 chestnuts today with two of a different kind and hope the experiment will succeed." His weather book also has entries of his thought, such as-"Today I heard the first whippoorwill whistle and it did much please me." After Jefferson became married he devoted himself entirely to building up Montecello, and its lawn road works. His wife...
...such a bagatelle that it can be entirely overlooked by a manager when computing beforehand his expenses for the season. We are all loath to believe that a debt of this kind has been put upon the class merely from the carelessness of one individual, and we hope that a satisfactory explanation will be made. The fact remains, however, that the money will have to be raised shortly, and the class will doubtless ask a statement to be made in regard to the matter. Whether or not the fault lay with a lack of generosity on the part...
...range so much more accessible than that at Watertown. The club has shown great vitality in keeping a winning team in the field in spite of such discouraging conditions for practice as they have labored under. They have already won a match from Yale this term, and may hope for new intercollegiate honors in the spring and in future years. The best way to make sure of a winning team is by securing better grounds and incurring more men to go out for regular practice. It will be an advantage also to the less active members of the club...