Word: lessness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...total receipts of this year-exclusive of the surplus-will be about $3745 less than last year. This falling off is due mainly to the fact that there was no game with Yale. Then, too, the Wesleyan game, and the Princeton game, played at Princeton, did not bring in as much as the games last year...
...take pleasure in commending the endeavor to make the sparring less like pounding and more scientific than in the past...
...strongly marked dialects which are observed in the speech of the people in the different parts of England, and yet, in the speech of Americans there exist differences, oftentimes as slight as the mere variation in the pronunciation of some words, which indicate the existence in a more or less advanced stage, of some development of distinct dialects in the spoken language of our country. The dialect stories which have been published in the magazines have done something to awaken an interest in the subject. A few men have given the subject careful consideration, and one or two, as Professor...
...meeting at Professor Peabody's house next Wednesday evening, to which he invites all members of the University, ought to be attended by every student who feels an interest or a responsibility in helping to better the lives of those less fortunate than himself. We know that there are many men in college engaged in the study of social problems as well as in active charitable work. The appeal is made to these men, and especially to that large body of students who feel a genuine interest in such matters but who do not know exactly how to begin...
Last year this feeling found expression in the Globe Theatre meetings and this year other less general plans for organized work among the poor have been discussed and tried. They have demonstrated the existence of a healthy religious life among us, but have not been quite satisfactory because of the necessarily negative character of their work. After much thought and delay caused by the many difficulties which had to be surmounted, a scheme has been evolved by which every man will have a chance to do what he can for others without neglecting his college work. It is hoped...