Word: might
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that there are those who would rather take their chances of being sick than pay $5.00 without a very tangible cause. Last, but not least, those who did go to the infirmary for any length of time would be getting more than they paid for, and many of them might be better able to pay for what they really received than some of those who were paying for them. I do not mean by these arguments to cry down the project of an infirmary; the experience of past years has shown our urgent need of one only too well. Would...
...they may be more of the nature of teas. Under the present arrangement Seniors entertain either in football clothes-as I have seen-or in a more suitable apparel, put on in much haste, after a rub down. With several hours of an afternoon, unpreceded by a scrimmage, Seniors might entertain with much pleasure to themselves, with more time to see every one, and in much better form...
...days, commends itself as the best plan so far suggested. This would be the last change that could be made, if one is to be made at all, and would make the time long enough to carry through the exercises without undue haste, excitement or discomfort. A programme might be made which would bring on the first day the exercises in Sanders Theatre in the morning, a 'varsity base-ball game in the afternoon and the illumination in the Yard, the music by the Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, the dancing in Memorial and the Gymnasium, and spreads...
...might be questioned whether the rush and crush of Class Day is not one of the time-honored, distinctive features of that time, and a cause for pleasurable excitement rather than misery. The interest and zest of the occasion would be likely to pall if spread over two or three days...
...hardship to people living at a distance. The heat of the latter part of June is not the time for a pleasure-trip to Boston. Consequently if such a trip is undertaken by Seniors' friends it must be with the sole purpose of witnessing the Class Day exercises. Cases might be imagined, however, where families would find it impossible to remain for three days, for this purpose alone, in a Boston hotel. Furthermore, business and professional men-graduates-from Boston or from a distance, would in many instances be unable to spare three days to see exactly what they...