Word: knowing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...know not whether thou wouldst sadly drink...
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...student is at all doubtful of his position, it is of course very important that he should know precisely where he stands; and a desire to know what marks have been awarded at examinations is by no means confined to the class of people who regard their studies as necessary evils. A number of men of high standing are very anxious to know what the success of their work has been; and a knowledge of marks has an influence rather beneficial than otherwise upon all. If the mark is high, it is an incentive to push on, in hope...
...though in the first instance it may be the result of thoughtlessness on their part, still is unpardonable, and it would be well in future for students who contemplate indulging in this kind of pastime, to pay a little regard to the feelings of the graduates. For they must know that graduates feel that they have a peculiar right to come back to the old spot once a year and enjoy themselves by themselves, and they regard as an intrusion the entrance of undergraduates on what they consider, and justly too, their own domain. This encroachment was particularly noticeable last...
...friends or so, who converse on religious topics with cheerful earnestness, who utter "heartfelt prayers," and indulge in "hearty singing." The Lit. has described these proceedings at great length, first, because "this theme - religion - is in every one's mouth"; and secondly, because it wishes its "sister colleges" to know "how the change came upon" Princeton. It is convinced that the "sister colleges" will at once followed in Princeton's footsteps; and it thinks that in the deep religious convictions of the rising generation the political problems which have arisen since the Rebellion will find an easy solution...