Word: mattered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dangerously sick students. We had thought that one of the first tasks of the freshman was to learn the names and uses of the various college buildings. From this communication, however, it seems that some of the undergraduates are not as yet thoroughly posted. To end the matter, then, we would remark that the yellow and white edifice on the northern side of Holmes Field is the college hospital, and we would add that the building is well fitted in every respect for the purposes for which it was built...
...eyes of the world, or at least so much of the world as is contained within the walls of Memorial; in direct opposition to all the behests of reason, boldly attempts, not only to make time wait but also to go back and retrace his steps, is it a matter of surprise that wonder and amazement fall upon all beholders...
...studies shall be pursued, nor did he believe that the same strictness in examinations is desirable in all instances. But in all cases where the number of subjects and the limits are the same, there should be a uniformity in the preparation of questions. An elective system in the matter of admission is no bar to uniformity. The speaker believed that the only way to secure the proper degree of uniformity was through the establishment of a board representing all the colleges interested, a board to be intrusted with the preparation and the marking of examination papers for admission...
...force of his rhetoric, and his delivery accordingly waxes more eloquent. When the hymn is announced, it is seen that the tenants of the anxious seats in the front row are too deeply affected to rise. The benediction over, however, and the congregation dispersing, the whole matter is shown up in its true light, for after the church has become nearly emptied a sound is heard as of the rending of garments, and the occupants of the gallery rise and flee, preferring darkness rather than light. Meanwhile the sexton in his task of putting out the lights has his attention...
...University Boat Club is supported by the subscriptions of the students, and it has always been supposed that some provision is made for the aquatic exercise desired by those who are not members of either of the five regular crews. Yet what is the real state of matters? A glance at the array of craft tucked away upon the brackets discloses the fact that, aside from the shells and barges belonging to the regular crews, there is not a boat obtainable in which a student who cannot swim, who has a large family dependent on him for support, and whose...