Word: maters
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...This opinion may be well founded, for we look upon our sister college with much respect; but we fear that the eminent litterateur regards his Alma Mater in the same light that he does himself, with over-appreciation...
...elected a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, and in 1834 was brought into the most intimate relations with Alma Mater by being chosen one of the Corporation, - a board which, although both in law and fact it is the College more truly than either the Faculty or the Overseers, rarely gets credit among the undergraduates or the community for the power and wisdom shown in its direct authority or its general influence. Dr. Walker's services as a Fellow of the College terminated only after a service of twenty-four years; and his devoted affection...
...alumni. They are expected to take an active interest in the management of the University, and therefore, if a large number of them take the trouble to write to the officers of the College and complain that any action of the undergraduates is unbecoming to their Alma Mater, and should therefore be prohibited, their advice ought to be followed; though in the present case our Faculty perhaps agreed with them entirely...
...Senior students we have had an eventful life, we have been ferried into the longed-for haven, we have come into the full inheritance of the legacy of our Alma Mater; yet it is suggested to us, not indeed to be ungrateful, but to crowd it back into our hearts, unacknowledged and unexpressed. I do not wish to be guilty of sophism. The article named rather attacks the office of our Chaplain as a mockery of a sacred duty. But such it is not. Though some may laugh, shall we, through fear of them, hesitate to express our thanks openly...
AMONG the recent events of public interest which the Magenta is called to notice, is the death of the HON BENJAMIN R. CURTIS. Few of her sons have done more to reflect honor upon our Alma Mater than this eminent and distinguished jurist. His fame was national. The early promise he gave of great power and success in the profession he had chosen was more than fulfilled by what he achieved. The characteristics of his mind were clearness of apprehension, power of analysis, and breadth of comprehension, by which he mastered every subject submitted for his examination...