Word: least
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...retard the appearance of the volume until the middle of February, is probably the best attitude to take toward an already tardy project. Last year there was no Register at all; this year there will apparently be one which although somewhat late in arriving will be, one hopes, at least satisfactory in other respects. The question undoubtedly may be asked as to whether a Register appearing in February can be considered satisfactory in any degree. The only logical answer must be found in sales figures. If the forthcoming Register sells--that is allowing for already contracted subscriptions -- it would seem...
Permit me to direct your attention to a situation which affects at least ninety per cent of the undergraduate body but of which few indeed give evidence of being aware. I refer to the heating and ventilating of upper Widener. With a conscientiousness altogether in excess of the results achieved, the autocratic or powers that be maintain throughout the library a temperature of seventy eight degrees Fahrenheit. This every one knows is ten degrees more than the maximum for comforable living. Why it is considered permissible in the library I cannot imagine. Yet the fact remains...
...begun to act. It makes one sluggish, drowsy, and totally incapable of his best work. Doubtless it explains why we see so many young men indolently gazing off into space while absorbed in the fascinating process of picking their noses; or why there is at every table at least one man quietly asleep...
...trifle over hearty. But certainly no one will deny that the situation in the library is not ident--is, in fact, deplorably otherwise. It is literally impossible for me to stud, in the Reading Room, and a few nights ago I had an opportunity of observing at least one gentleman who is evidently in the same unfortunate position: during the three quarters of an hour in which I strove to read, he slept soundly and somewhat heavily in his chair, and was still asleep when I finally gave up and left in disgust...
...least to some people who get the opportunity of seeing and knowing the collegian of today, he is improving in some respects. It has been said that a century ago the college student was looked up to; fifty years later he was admired; twenty-five years ago he was respected; today he is tolerated...