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Word: occurring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...such petty thefts occur only occasionally, the members will endure them with a patient shrug; but if, on the other hand, two or three men persist in habitual thieving, they ought, when detected, to be summarily ejected from the Reading-Room and thereafter deprived of its privileges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 11/8/1878 | See Source »

...hardly believe that the sensitive nerves of the College were badly shattered. There is little enough at Harvard to venerate, and that little should be carefully preserved. Such customs, though perhaps barbaric relics of the past, are deserving of some respect; and to interfere with them when they occur so seldom, and disturb the comfort of so few, seems to us wholly unnecessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/17/1878 | See Source »

...best, especially to students who have had but little practice. It would be wise, therefore, to make the burden of entertainment as light as possible by bringing the exercises into the latter half of the day. This change would cause the good things of the day to occur in such rapid succession that no visitor would have time to grow weary. Furthermore, ladies do not like to prepare their toilets at sunrise; if they do dress then, they will no doubt become so jaded during the day as to seriously affect their enjoyment of the evening. I might also...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IMPROVEMENTS OF CLASS DAY. | 1/11/1878 | See Source »

...Glee Club constituting the first class, all those who can read music readily, including the members of the elementary class of last year, compose the second class, and the remainder the third class. The best singers in the second class will be advanced into the Glee Club whenever vacancies occur, and the third class will be merged into the second as rapidly as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT OTHER COLLEGES. | 10/26/1877 | See Source »

...SIGNET have decided to have a strawberry night instead of a dinner. It will probably occur June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 5/18/1877 | See Source »

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