Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college, he will soon become conscious of the confusing complexity and many-sidedness of life and its occupations. He will find himself surrounded by such a mass of things which by some desire he is impelled to do, that the truth is soon forced upon him that he cannot hope to accomplish them all, but must pick and choose, and be content with the accomplishment of the most important of them. This is apropos of the choice of electives. The same principle is at work in both cases. We find ourselves placed before a distracting labyrinth of knowledge...
...intended to elect it for next year, are by this plan debarred from entering it. The work in the course, has always been interesting, and serves as a practical aid to other courses in the discussion of economic and technical questions which it affords. If it is possible, we hope that the course will be opened next year, and that the work in it will prove as interesting as it has been during the present year...
Indifference to base-ball in the springtime, is surely an anomaly. Let us hope that our devotees of the national game are but holding back, and that a goodly number will be at the Fitchburg station at 3 o'clock this afternoon...
...college paper enjoyed such pronounced success throughout its existence as the Advocate. Many of the most prominent men in college during past years have been members of its board; and for nearly a generation the paper has steadily influenced college thought by the wisdom of its policy. We hope that the paper may long continue its usefulness, and we feel assured that as its years increase, its usefulness will be enlarged commensurately. In reviewing the list of past editors of the Advocate, a present editor may well feel inspired to better and more conscientious work. Few college papers have escaped...
...only to wait for better weather and trust that the score of yesterday will be made good in a game that can count as a victory for the championship. The college at large has felt very nervous about the base-ball prospects ever since the Columbia game, but we hope that in the light of coming victories, and the score of yesterday, confidence may return...