Word: mattered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...continual sending in of communications in regard to the proposed University Club is a good sign in itself. It shows that, if, as some writers claim, there are defects in Harvard's social institutions, the students have at last thought the matter over with care, and have original thoughts to express whenever the question is agitated. The question is one with many bearings. There is a great deal to be said on both sides, and no sensible conclusion can be arrived at without the fullest discussion. We would like thoughtful opinions from all the different standpoints of college life, from...
...must be a matter of gratification to the instructors in English to perceive the interest taken in the addition to the "English Select" department of the library. Such a convenient arrangement of standard books brings to our notice many works which we, engrossed in our daily work, might otherwise overlook. The communication we publish in another column reminds the gentlemen who have the filling of the new book shelves in charge of the omission of the works of Cardinal Newman. We quite agree with the writer when he urges the advantage to be derived from intercourse with writers of late...
When we consider the number of men who took advantage of the skating on Holmes field two days ago, it is a matter of great surprise to us that the field has never been flooded artifically. The advantage of such a scheme is apparent. The nearness of the field and the case with which it could be flooded are strong argements in favor of the plan. Means could be taken to exclude all except students and their friends; and as long the cold weather lasted the lovers of skating could enjoy good...
...were carried out; we cannot see, however, that ice formed by flooding the field would cause any greater damage than the ice that forms there naturally every winter. We express the opinion of a large number of men in college when we say that some organization should take this matter in hand immediately...
...order to a speedy arrangement of the details, each educator, clergyman, journalist, matron or fraternity chaplain herewith furnished with a copy of the book is requested to send to the undersigned, before February, any pertinent suggestions; and (having meanwhile invited attention of his or her young friends to the matter) to report approximately how many may probably enter the lists...