Word: numbering
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...these facts I was greatly surprised to hear reports to the effect that certain persons were giving large odds against Mr. Wendell, - in some cases as large as seven to one; and, indeed, this circumstance gave rise to such general comment that it reached the ears of a number of people who are rarely informed in regard to sporting matters. It seemed a pitch of folly which could not be explained...
...SHOULD like to remonstrate against the publication of the names of those who present themselves at the examinations for Honors. As a number of the candidates are always unsuccessful, it would be much better to wait till the list of those who obtain Honors is published, instead of printing the names of the unsuccessful candidates as well. A man who undergoes the labor of preparing for these examinations, and yet fails, is naturally sensitive about having his failure made known, and I can say for myself that I should have had much more hesitation about going in had I known...
...NOTICED in the last number of the Crimson a communication advocating the admission of the Freshmen to the exercises round the Tree. It is very evident that the writer had only in view the fact of pleasing the Freshmen at the expense of the other classes and of the people assembled. In the first place, the enclosure is already overcrowded, and in the second place, the very evident consequence of such a step would be a rush between the two lower classes, which neither adds to the comfort of the Seniors nor to the enjoyment of the ladies...
...writer of the article entitled "Gosling and Swellington," in the last number of the Crimson, challenges a statement which was made in a previous article on "Public Opinion at Harvard"; and, as he seems to have misconceived the spirit of that article, I ask the use of your columns again for a short explanation...
...number of men who carry their hero-worship to such an extent is happily small. But although Gosling is not often seen at Harvard, he does exist here. We all know him. He is not an imaginary phenomenon, but real flesh and blood. To use a milder and perhaps more applicable illustration than the former one, he is the man who, though he has a short neck, must needs make himself ugly and very miserable by wearing a high collar, because Swellington, who has a long neck, can wear such a collar comfortably and to advantage...