Word: margin
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...version must be neatly and legibly written upon letter paper of good quality, of quarto size, with a margin of not less than one inch at the top and bottom and on each side; and the sheets must be securely stitched together. They must be deposited in the office of the Dean of the College on or before the first day of May, 1891. Each version must have inscribed upon its title page an assumed name of the writer, and must be accompanied by a sealed enveiope containing the writer's real name and superscribed with the assumed name...
With any good fortune Harvard should win first by a comfortable margin, and even in spite of a few unexpected reserves they can still score more points than either Yale or Columbia, Dohm having already admitted that Princeton has hardly a chance for first place. It is difficult to say which of the two, Yale or Columbia, will press Harvard closest, as there are several events which cannot be given to any one college. Of these, the hammer, shot and broad jump are especially uncertain, and one cannot say whether Dohm or Downs will be victorious in the race they...
...then depends upon some generous class-mate to come to his relief, he becomes an unmitigated nuisance. For example, in a language course, wherein there is always considerable reading at sight, in which case one needs the entire use of his book to make valuable notes on the margin, it is a real hardship to a man to grant such a request, and it is nothing short of downright selfishness in any man who day after day asks this favor. In case one preserves the notes in all his courses in one binder, it is very troublesome to lend...