Word: matter
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...what is the matter?" I asked...
...only is the matter of dress calculated to discourage the beginner, but also the knowledge of advanced mathematics which seems to be required would strike terror into the heart of any one but a Peirce. "The measurement shall be from the nearest break of the ground made by the ball, perpendicularly to the scratch line, extended, if necessary, to meet this perpendicular." We see now the wisdom of the provision in regard to honorary members. The Executive Committee doubtless intend to elect the Professor of Surveying an honorary member, with the special duty of performing this difficult mathematical feat...
...matter of surprise, as well as regret, that the Freshmen, after making such a brilliant start in athletics, are failing to support their class crew in a substantial way. Up to the present time only one half of the money which the crew must have in order to row the race with the Columbia Freshmen has been subscribed. More than half of the class, although most of them have been called upon to subscribe, have failed to give anything at all. It is not necessary to wait for the subscription-list to be brought around, but it is the duty...
...hire a man over whom they have no power of dismissal, and who has no interest in performing his duties well, instead of one whom they can dismiss at pleasure. Experience has shown that it is next to impossible to obtain the dismissal of any College officer, no matter how inefficient he may be, so we suppose that we must make up our minds to submit to a petty despotism...
...last Advocate indorsed this view. These papers ought to, and generally do, represent undergraduate feeling, but on this important question I believe, with all due respect to editorial opinion, that they have seriously misrepresented it, especially the feeling of those most interested; and therefore I cannot let the matter pass without a protest...