Word: must
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...base-ball editor of the Advocate had a thought last week which must have owed its parentage to a wish! The thought was, that in the four games played by our Nine with the Manchesters, the record stands eleven to eleven. Unfortunately for him, according to his own figures, which by the way are incorrect, the sum total amounts to twelve to eleven in their favor. But in addition to his careless mathematical error, he seems to have forgotten entirely that the score of the second game was ten to four in our favor; and that the sum total...
...dimeters, we supposed, naturally enough, that the author had aimed at this throughout his poem; but here is the Courant talking of "this style of verse," as if it were something quite out of the common run, while the metre of the "Portrait" is most simple and familiar. We must, then, have mistaken the intention of the Lit.'s poet. Will the Courant kindly explain what the unusual metre is? The idea, however, of "A Counterfeit Presentment" is very pretty, and very well worked out. It may also be mentioned in this connection that the lines containing the rhyme...
That Definition. - At a meeting of representatives of Oxford and Cambridge, and the principal boat-clubs in London, held on April 10, the following definition was adopted: "An amateur oarsman or sculler must be an officer of her Majesty's army or navy, or civil service; a member of the liberal professions; or of the universities or public schools; or of any established boat or rowing club not containing mechanics or professionals, and must not have competed in any competition for either stake, or money, or entrance fee, or with or against a professional for any prize, or have ever...
...second, there was never the least disorder of any kind when a slightly improper passage was read. I leave it to the instructors to find the interpretation, and will only say that, if they continue to treat us as school-boys, - or, rather, as school girls, - they must not be surprised at occasional boyish behavior. Prudery should be banished from the place to which it is least suited, - a university...
...times that must be equalled or beaten will be found in the Brevity column; second prizes will be given in all events, provided there be a sufficient number of entries...