Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...calling attention once more to the subject of gas in the entries, we hope not to appear to cavil or to display a childish fretfulness. But it is a matter that greatly incommodes the students. The fact that the gas is allowed to burn till eleven o'clock is a tacit acknowledgment that the convenience of those who pass through the halls ought to be provided for. There is no reason that the gas should be put out at eleven, rather than at nine or ten; for few go to bed so early, and most find it natural...
...many colleges, a continual state of warfare between students and professors. Their hesitation in dismissing a man is very grateful to us, while any requests on their part are usually heeded. From the President's remarks in his Report about compulsory attendance at all college exercises, there is hope that it will not be long before this is a thing of the past...
...will be entirely removed. The second can only be removed by a change in feeling throughout the Class and the College generally, and, though this cannot be done in a moment, an exhibition of pluck and a determination to win, like the present, will go far towards it. We hope to see a break in the chain of defeats this year...
...middle of next week I hope to have twenty-five copies of each of the first dozen subjects. Notice of their arrival will be posted in the Library, and of the times when they can be bought at the Curator's room...
...these sales. Its object is simply to foster the growing taste in the community for the higher forms of Art. Beauty cannot be known till seen; till the mind, indeed, is brought into somewhat familiar contact with it. By making beautiful objects easily accessible, the College may hope that its students will soon prefer these to the inane works which now decorate too many of their rooms. The keen interest which many of you are already showing is, I assure you, a source of sincere satisfaction...