Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...book is opened,- and then what happens? Out of the 250 juniors less than a fifth respond! Can eighty-six, after the reputation it has made for itself in its college career, afford to allow this class dinner fail through sheer indifference? We think not. We even venture to hope that, not 50 only, but 100 juniors will improve this opportunity to revive the smouldering sparks of class spirit which still glows among the dull ashes of "Harvard indifference...
...Exonian in the course of a letter remarks: "When I touch upon base-ball at Dartmouth, I am well aware that I am nearing delicate ground, because our position last year was not one calculated to call forth general acclamation. However, there is always that bright beacon - hope-and it really looks now as if we might "take a brace." Our prospective pitcher is Dillon, of '88, who in form and action resembles your old foe, Vinton, more than anyone else I have ever seen. One of the Western college journals says that 'Dartmouth has a phenomenal pitcher...
...hope that some provision can be made in regard to this subject, if not for this year, surely for the next. If, by offering additional inducements to the writers of commencement parts, the number of competitors can be increased, this increase will naturally result in an improvement in the commencement exercises, an improvement greatly to be desired...
Some time ago a communication was published which advocated the inauguration of a system by which the daily papers might be utilized by the management of the library to the advantage of the students. We hope that the recommendation will be followed. For this want of a speedy and easy reference to recent newspaper publications has long been felt, and a plan to meet it successfully would greatly be appreciated by the students. Many valuable newspaper articles bearing upon topics of great moment are practically lost from the present inefficient means for preserving them. When such articles have become history...
...novel, at least in Cambridge, and cannot fail to draw a considerable audience from the lovers of the art, both those in college, and the many cultivated people who make up a large part of this university town. If this experimental course meets with favor, then musical people may hope for its continuance in the future...