Word: might
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...expectations of the management, although there are still some drawbacks in its working. The lowering of the water from twenty-eight to twenty inches has proved a slight improvement, but the crew are unable as yet to pull more than twenty strokes a minute without over-exertion. The difficulty might, perhaps, be obviated were the men supplied with oars especially made to overcome the resistance of the tank. These could hardly be made, however, except after a long series of experiments, which would not be finished in time to be of service to this year's crew...
...Fish Commission and investigate the fauna of the western coast of Panama, as he had previously that of the eastern coast. The commander of the "Albatross" was kind enough to allow Dr. Agassiz to avail himself of a large part of the ship's collection so that he might compare the fauna of the western and eastern coasts of the Isthmus...
...Princetonian, in an editorial, speaks of the benefits which might be derived from a series of intercollegiate concerts by the various college glee clubs...
Still more recently two of the waiters of the Hall became engaged in a petty scuffle behind the screen. Instead of allowing this occurrence to pass without notice, as its pettiness might have suggested, a number of students jumped into their chairs, others began to applaud with their feet and hands. These actions were undignified and entirely unworthy of Harvard men. We are sure that those who took part in them do not realize that as the officers of the Hall cannot act as policemen, good order in the Hall depends not a little upon the self-control of every...
...Williams Weekly says that the grade of scholarship has fallen so low in the sophomore class as to provoke from the faculty "comment and an investigation, which revealed a state of affairs that might well discourage any body of professors...