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...more general satisfaction can be obtained from the use of the grounds now occupied by tennis. We feel that a perfectly satisfactory solution of the difficulty is well-nigh impossible, but as the ground is inadequate and likely to become more so, we wish to do our best to lighten the labors of the association...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/23/1883 | See Source »

...announced in the HERALD a few days ago, but few seniors have handed in their class lives. This same trouble occurs every year, although it is impossible to see any good reason for it. Why any man should object to the little trouble it may give him to lighten the labor of the class secretary in this matter, is something that passes all understanding. There can be no fear of publicity, as these lives are shown to no one. It certainly can require but little time and labor, as no elaborate work is expected or desired...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/15/1882 | See Source »

...hope that the members of the class of '82 will recognize the amount of work which falls upon the class secretary and will endeavor to lighten this part of it at least...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/15/1882 | See Source »

...lighten the burden of care...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DREAMS. | 10/28/1881 | See Source »

...Columbia is the very spirit of wit, - too apt, in the case of the Acta Columbiana, to degenerate into vulgarity. Of the Spectator, with its admirable illustrations, we wish to speak in terms of unqualified approval. It is suggestively humorous rather than broadly farcical; the little delicate touches that lighten the general effect are added to advantage. . . . The Orient (Bowdoin), Dartmouth, Athenoeum (Williams), Brunonian, and Student (Amherst) have much in common, each being the only representative of its college, and each being industrious in the accumulation of locals. We may be pardoned for preferring the Student above the rest, mainly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXCHANGES. | 2/11/1881 | See Source »

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