Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...course, the high dignity of being the central occasion which collects the college, and collects it for its central aim. That aim is, that honorable men, of true and upright life, shall go hence and lead America. You have heard me say it a thousand times. I hope you will say it, each to each other, a thousand times more. This is the one thing where there is no "Elective." It is the one thing which history requires, and your own consciences, which are the voices of the present God. You may choose whether you will study Greek or physics...
Today the University crew leaves Cambridge for New London, and we hope many men will gather to give them a hearty send-off. For nearly six months the men on the crew have been training hard and faithfully, and in less than two weeks the contest they have been working to win is to take place. There is no doubt that the best material available has been utilized, and the crew Harvard puts on the water is the best that careful coaching and faithful work of captain and men could make. We believe, in spite of the continuous disparagement...
...crew go today we wish them the success they deserve, and hope with the college to rejoice in the victory on the twenty-ninth...
...This idea of Professor Chaplin is a worthy one, and should commend itself not only to those students of Harvard who are interested in the success of all departments of the University, but also to such outsiders as are interested in the engineering problems of the day. We sincerely hope that the experiment will meet such success as will make it a custom of the future, and we bespeak for it the hearty co-operation of every member of the University...
...unfortunate accident to Gallivan's ankle in the game on Saturday, will, if it seriously disables him, prove a great misfortune to the nine. We hope that after a few days rest he may be able to play again. But if he is prevented from playing in the Yale game we strongly urge the nine not to let this misfortune, occuring at so critical a time, discourage them. Luck seems against us; if we can win in the face of ill-fortune, the credit of victory will be the greater...