Word: hope
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...party of our fellow students had become known, the fear arose that the disaster was even greater than was at first supposed and that a fifth student had met his death. Nothing, however, could be learned definitely as to his fate, and we were not forced to abandon the hope that he might yet prove to be alive. His mother was very ill, and it was earnestly desired that she might be spared the shock which any whisper of danger to her son would cause and which, perhaps, she could be spared altogether. The circumstances were laid before the Boston...
...Party service is today rendered solely in the hope of receiving a reward. (a) Political party interference causes the deterioration of the public service. (b) Office holders regard their positions as spoils retainable only by aiding the party machine which secured their appointment...
...party platform is the definition of the means by which a party hopes to perpetuate the welfare of the nation, and is founded on moral principles quite as important as those underlying the struggle for Civil Service Reform. The welfare of society has been at times considered the object of all government. It is the avowed object of a political party. And, when a man in whose hands the welfare of the people has been entrusted by a great commonwealth, can be persuaded to come here and explain the principles and methods by which some of the greatest intellects...
...through the courtesy of the St. Mary's Athletic Club that the Harvard Athletic Association was enabled to have the date May 5 for its invitation handicap games, Captain Wheelwright and Mr. Lathrop hope that as many men as possible will enter these games...
...generally conceded that the nine has not yet developed the form of which it is capable. Taking all things into consideration, the nine has done well. When the prospects at the beginning of the year are remembered, the result is a relief rather than a disappointment. All hope is not lost by any means. The men were not weak at the bat ad in the field they made less errors than Princeton...