Word: interests
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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These students take an interest in me above the rest...
...organs of colleges most opposed to any "mixing," such articles as "Wilson's Sewing-Machine," "Bonnets and Cloaks," and the like, we do not see. Nor is it plain why Grain, Flour, and Feed Stores, Meat Depots, Savings Banks, and Life Insurance Companies should find it for their interest to do this thing. We nowhere find advertisements of the Philosopher's Stone, or of the Circular Square; but we do read of "wholesome pie," which falls into the same category. Attorneys-at-Law, Shaving Bazaars, and Fire Extinguishers, all these may be admitted. But we do most seriously advocate...
...future, without a fresh supply of which at least annually few men get along. For the student, such a season begins with the announcement of his semi-annual examinations. It is then that his account comes due, and his creditors, by no means lenient, expect the full amount with interest. Half the year gone, almost before we have fairly settled ourselves to the work, or forgotten the summer vacation! To the Freshman, indeed, of little importance as he looks forward to his four years' eternity of pleasure, scarcely affected by the gliding away of these few short months...
...would also consume time which would be hard to obtain. The second is to arrange, if possible, a tournament at Springfield, in which all the colleges will take part, on or about the time of the regatta. It is thought that such a course would tend to increase the interest in the matches, and the expenses would not be greater than those attending the first plan, while the receipts would be much larger. In this case the Nine would have to remain in Cambridge for two or three weeks after the close of College, when a fine opportunity for practice...
...questions arising as to the management and condition of the Thayer Club are often spoken and written of by students in a humorous or flippant vein. We propose to consider these questions rather more seriously, for we know them to be of interest and importance to a large body of undergraduates...