Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been suggested to me that eleven hands is short measurement for a horse. Perhaps the gentleman rode a hobby. I prefer the other point of view, that is to say. I maintain that he used a pony, though of which kind I confess I cannot determine, whether to expedite mental processes or to cheer the heart...
...glad to learn of the revival of the Lampoon, and feel confident that it will meet with a hearty support from the College in general. Though the paper did not last year fully maintain the standard of excellence which it had before reached, yet this was probably due to the fact that some of the editors had graduated, and could not, on account of outside matters, bestow upon it the time necessary for complete success. For this reason we are happy to learn that the paper is to be controlled by undergraduates, and under their management we have no doubt...
...shown that the present system is successful. It is hard to see the advantages of a college legislature, in which imaginary bills, committees on imaginary business, and all the intricate measures of a legislature, are imitated. Indeed, we do not believe that the members of the Union would long maintain their interest in such proceedings. The opportunity offered to persons fond of quibbling and obstructing would be too great to be passed over by them, and time and temper would be wasted by those who insist on the fine points of Cushing's "Manual." A glance at the working...
...timely, reasonable, and just. The number of men who study in the Library is rapidly increasing, and it will not be long before there will be a question of room. But behind all this there is a principle involved dear to all those who wish to see Harvard maintain her ancient prestige. When the Annex was first started, it was said that the young ladies were coming to Cambridge simply to be instructed by our professors, and so intimate a connection between the College and the Annex as has come into existence was not a part of the ostensible scheme...
...hours of recitation a week, with the usual margin of one hour to compensate for any unavoidable irregularity. We are also glad to know that this new regulation is carried into immediate effect; therefore it will now be necessary to specify what courses it is intended to drop or maintain as extras. Surely the thanks of the class are due to the Faculty, who have so promptly responded to the wishes of a large number of undergraduates, thereby recognizing the right of petition on the part of the latter, - a right the moderate exercise of which is to be commended...