Word: mattered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...steps will be taken to revive the game. So all who care for the continuance of the game must give it the support of their presence at the meeting, as that is the only way in which the management can tell the general feeling of the college in the matter...
...several years there has been great confusion regarding the official seal of the college. Anything containing the three books and the two familiar mottoes has been made to serve the purpose. At length, however, the matter has been settled, and Harvard now has one seal which will be used hereafter and which will receive the title of official. It is described as follows...
...spring of 1882 with prospects anything but flattering, dull times, small circulation, a formidable competitor in the old Echo, then in its third year, the paper has overcome all obstacles, has steadily increased in size and circulation, until now it contains in the course of a year more reading matter than any college publication in the world, and its circulation is commensurate with its size...
...collecting news from other colleges as well as our own; moreover, everything which appears in the paper we intend shall be authoritative - the reports of athletic contests will be written by experts, and the scores will be official, and we shall always aim at strict accuracy in all news matters. Our columns are always open to receive communications from students and faculty, and it is our desire that this privilege be availed of to a greater extent than it has hitherto. Inasmuch as the paper will contain, in addition to its news and contributed matter, the official college bulletins...
Hard students, especially those who spend almost all of their time on matter which pertains entirely to the courses they have in hand, are dubbed at all colleges either "grinds," "digs," or "grubs," and to be called such is not unusually considered a mark of flattery. The expressions for a bad recitation very at different colleges; "fizzle," "flunk," "clump," and "smash" are the most common. The contemptible act of a student who endeavors to ingratiate himself with an instructor by his seeming interest in lessons and officious civilities, now known as "toadying," was formerly called "fishing." The words "cram...