Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...days ago we expressed our surprise at the manner in which the committee chosen by the students to draw up a petition to the faculty for the retention of foot ball, had performed their work. We regret that a better acquaintance with the facts has not caused us to change our views. The committee, however, was not as active as the petition which they handed in would lead one to believe. Communication was had with Yale and Princeton, and a set of revised rules submitted to these colleges. Satisfactory arrangements could not be made, however, before the meeting...
...Jersey bank cashier sink within him. Take for instance the condition of the chapel on a dark day and the force of this remark will be evident to all. To make the services there as wholesome as possible the authorities seem bound to have them run on an economical manner that each morning a lesson against worldly extravagance may be inculcated in the heart of the spendthrift student. Not content with the saving of 97 cents made by not lighting the lamps in the yard in recess the careful "watch dogs of the treasury" wish to save an additional penny...
...every way within our power. We regret that our efforts have not been better appreciated, or received more in the spirit in which as we consider, they should have been We now retire because we do not wish to be any obstacle to your conducting your affairs in whatever manner you may think best, and also because we believe that our future continuance in office would be distasteful to a large majority of your number...
...ground to the side so carrying it back, by greater freedom in passing. This method would evidently increase the opportunities for scientific kicking, running and passing, and on the other hand would greatly diminish the chances for blocking and the display of weight and brute strength. Again, the present manner of disqualification is practically a premium on violating the rule, as it permits a player to be offside twice with impunity. To obviate this a single violation should disqualify the offender...
...cannot but feel the immense opportunity open to the society of reducing the exorbitant prices demanded by many of the tradesmen with whom the students most naturally deal. The society has proved itself to be of great use, and meets the requirements of the students in a praiseworthy manner, but nothing is so keenly felt by the student in the matter of books as their absence, and we cannot rest assured but that the recent delays in the delivery of ordered goods can in the future be removed...