Word: losely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...loss will be a severe one to the many friends he has made while in college. By his death we lose one whose quiet, unassuming manners and kindly disposition won the esteem...
...tested to-day, and upon the success of voluntary prayers at Harvard depends the adoption of the new idea at other colleges. We have demanded and have received liberty; but let us be careful that that liberty shall not be the cause of indifference. We do not intend to lose sight of another aspect of the prayer question, an aspect also touched upon by Mr. Pfeiffer in his speech. We do not believe that the sole motive which should urge us to attendance at prayers should be a desire to show the world that Harvard never fails in her experiments...
...pitcher who could compete with Stagg. There remain three months to develop such a man. Our article this moring on the candidates says that a number of men are anxious for the position and mean to work for it. This must be done or we shall lose another championship which although not so near our grasp as was the foot-ball, is still within the range of possibility. Harvard does not wish to add another series of defeats to the performances of the last two years, and with proper spirit she need...
Another general complaint made by those who board at Memorial is that they get tired of the sameness of the fare and lose their appetites. The same bill of fare appears every week on the same day and one knows beforehand just what to expect. This could be easily changed and such a variation adds to the relish of their meals. By lessening the number of vegetables served each day a greater variety could be offered without increase of expense. The fish is almost uniformly bad and everybody would be willing to give it up on four days...
This is the season for our annual complaint about the shortness of the Christmas vacation. It seems extraordinary that the faculty should not yet have opened their eyes to the plain fact that they gain nothing and that the students lose nothing by cutting down the vacation to such very narrow limits. The attendance in the courses during the week before and the week after vacation might seem to be a sufficient proof of how little regard is had by the men for the actual dates of the Christmas recess. But it seems that the faculty gets a grim satisfaction...