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Word: letting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yesterday, a Junior heard one Freshman say to another, "Let's go into Boston to-night on a devil of a toot. We won't be back till eleven o'clock." This is fact, not rumor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/5/1885 | See Source »

...coal. He is naturally very indignant, and vows vengence on the perpetrators of the joke. These performances are so childish that we are astonished that men can be found in Harvard, young enough to commit them. However, if they must fire off crackers before the Fourth of July, let them at least go out on Jarvis Field, where they can amuse themselves without disturbing anyone else...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/5/1885 | See Source »

...Coast Range of California, 4,400 feet above the sea-level, and about 14 miles east of the city of San Jose. The atmospheric conditions of the site are peculiarly favorable to astronomical observations, and with a good man in charge of the observatory, great results may be expected. Let us hope that an astronomor, skilled in his science and enthusiastic in his work, may be chosen for the place; for on him more than on the instruments will the reputation of the observatory depend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Largest Telescope in the World. | 2/4/1885 | See Source »

...doubly glad that the sentiments expressed there were so unanimously in favor of the continuance of this, the most needed of Harvard societies. Within two weeks, $200 must be raised, and there is not the slightest doubt that double or triple that amount could be raised, if necessary. But let not the students, therefore, be relax, and fail to subscribe, Let every member go to the Co-operative office, and put down his name for whatever amount he feels like contributing. Let every man in college who is not a member join at once, and not longer enjoy benefits which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/3/1885 | See Source »

...enter upon the homestretch of the mid-year race : let it be hoped that nobody will be found distanced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/2/1885 | See Source »

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