Word: longings
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Revisiting my childhood's haunts, loved by me long...
Their opinions are received by attentive minds and have their influence upon us, not because they come from gray hairs, but because we recognize them as the results of long meditation upon subjects of actual and faithful investigation. From the contrast between the two kinds of instruction we have received, the belief must come that the Freshman year is only a period of initiation, during which you receive the contempt of all, from the highest official to the goody, in order that you may afterward enjoy their greater favor...
...long I strove to call again...
...interesting, deep, and spirited. Though we shall always welcome its appearance, and wish it all success, we very much doubt whether that success, as the Review claims, "will have accomplished a reform which is needed at other institutions of learning as well as our own." Experience has shown that long articles, however well written, are seldom read by the majority of students, and a college paper, to live, must be supported by every undergraduate. This fact, and the character of other college magazines convince us that one is not needed here, at least, and would not succeed if once started...
Nothing need be said about the expediency of this rule, but so long as it exists it would be extremely gratifying to see it impartially enforced. Why one person should be forbidden to play or sing only at the hours specified, while the privilege of doing otherwise is granted to an association of individuals is difficult to understand. It is poor reasoning that makes it worse for one man to disturb his immediate neighbors than for a dozen or more to disturb twice as many...