Word: losing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Finally, and in objection to the Delta. If that space is used it will be impossible to hold the Senior dance as it was held last year. This, indeed, was a new thing, but one that was found pleasant. It seems a pity to lose...
...ladies, and as many of them as possible, have always been the attractive feature and in fact the raison d'etre of the exercises, and the more their number is reduced the less successful such exercises will be. If their number is reduced the other classes will begin to lose interest in the affair, and Harvard can not afford to let slip her single annual chance of getting the whole body of undergraduates together. Moreover the graduates who attend the exercises add zest to the occasion, and it is a positive fact that the uncomfortable conditions of past years have...
...made with Cornell for a triangular race next season must be a source of satisfaction to all parties concerned. A failure to arrange such a meeting would have caused general regret. Harvard men look at a triangular race as much preferable to two separate contests, Yale is unwilling to lose the chance of establishing her old boating supremacy, and an assured meeting with both her last year's rivals cannot but be a relief to Cornell...
...notice that Professor Norton proposes after this year to relinquish his courses in the Department of Fine Arts, will cause general regret. Harvard will lose in two ways. For years her undergraduates have gained what is more important than Ancient and Mediaeval Art from his courses-an enlightened method of looking at the problems of life and an increased keenness of perception which could not be gained elsewhere, and which Professor Norton can impart so well...
Hardly less to be regretted than the fact that fewer men will fall under his influence is, that on Professor Norton's giving up such large courses many will lose the opportunity of entering into more or less personal relationship with him. That this has been a privilege generally coveted is in measure due to his popularity among the students, and to the whole-souled interest he has always manifested in their welfare. Beyond this popularity, however, it is due to his recognition throughout the country as a sincere and fearless critic in both art and literature, which inevitably reflects...