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Word: matter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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THOUGH we all know that the making up of the Tabular View is a matter of much difficulty, and that conflicts between desirable courses is inevitable, yet there was one circumstance that I noticed in making up my elective list, which looked like design and not necessity, and that was the position of History 7. This course is one of the most desirable in college, and for those who are particularly interested in history is an absolute necessity, for no man who wishes to be well informed in that subject can be without a knowledge of European history during...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 9/27/1878 | See Source »

...called repairs on this field have been is not often seen. A meeting at Beacon Park, however, would be much better than no meeting at all, and would serve to keep alive the interest in athletics. Will not the officers of the H. A. A. consider this matter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 9/27/1878 | See Source »

...wise course for him to take. In spite of these facts we still think that "the status of the 'house-clubs' for next year does not seem to warrant the discouraging article in the Advocate." There are persons who always look upon the gloomy side of every question, no matter how cheerful the other side may be. There are others who are deeply grieved because the world is not grateful for their good services. Both of these classes of people we pity; we cannot sympathize with them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 7/3/1878 | See Source »

...first prizes, especially as the judges declared that they were greatly pleased with the high standard of the speaking. We cannot believe that they really gave as a reason that one speaker was so far above the rest that no other should have a first prize. As the whole matter stands, they have thrown a sleight upon the good sense of an audience certainly not lacking in intelligence, nor deserving to be considered a parcel of claqueurs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 7/3/1878 | See Source »

...manner of the Yale News, "to allow our brains to be turned wild or to be driven crazy with rapture"; victory has perched herself too frequently, under Captain Thayer's able leadership, upon our banners, to allow us to be more than ordinarily moved in regard to a matter which such excellent base-ball authority as the Clipper as well as ourselves regarded as a foregone conclusion in our favor. To Captain Thayer we have only to reiterate our praises for his excellent services both as a general and as a player, and our thanks for the impetus and manly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 7/3/1878 | See Source »

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