Word: longer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...once for all. At the time when the Yale papers chose to "excommunicate" the Acta Columbiana, we could not sympathize with their hasty and discourteous action; but so long as there was a doubt, we preferred to make no editorial allusion to the affair. But the doubt exists no longer. The Yale papers stand convicted before the college world of a breach of courtesy toward an exchange whose merits would seem to entitle it to the highest consideration. Because "Smintheus" had satirized the Record in the Acta's columns, the edict of Yale's wrath was pronounced against...
CONSIDERABLE fault, we regret to say, has been found with the administration of the Dining Hall. The food, it is said, is of poor quality; the price of board has been greatly increased; the monthly statements of expenses no longer appear; the Auditor presents his report to the Directors in such a shape, that, by his own admission, verification is impossible; Directors are neglectful of their duty, and their authority is not respected by the head waiter and the steward; employes are inefficient and uncivil. And the great majority of such complaints are only too well founded. It is painfully...
...danger of forgetfulness or neglect; while the expense would be, at the worst, no greater than at present. This is the plan adopted at most colleges, excepting that the college governments pay the expenses, and we see no reason why the present awkward and complicated system should be longer continued at Harvard...
Precisely at a quarter to seven the victim of Cupid, having been called according to his desire, rose and promptly dressed himself. He had sufficient self-control to shave himself without the slightest injury. It would seem as if he had devoted a longer time than usual to his toilet...
...minutes to eleven, he remarked that it would soon be over. After drinking a glass of ale he appeared strengthened, and, as the fatal moment was approaching, he devoted the remaining portion of his time to distributing among his friends those little articles which he would no longer want. To one he gave his cigar-case, to another his pipes and tobacco-pouch, and he charged his brother with his latch-key, with instructions to deliver it, after all was over, to his landlady...