Word: offing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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But what we need at Harvard is a deeper appreciation of the fact that college is but a preparatory school, after all; that before very long we shall be placed in a position where earnestness is almost indispensable to success, and indifference a thing to be fought against, instead of...
But if the repetition of a truth is ever excusable, it certainly is when many of the surroundings have a tendency to bury it in forgetfulness or disregard, as they have in the ordinary life of the college student. M. C. H.
"Probably the managers of this journal [the Magenta] know their own business, but it is hard for us to see why they did not cut entirely loose from the Advocate's style, and try a different field. Contending with the Advocate on its own ground is fighting against heavy odds...
Jinks, '72, is teaching school at Brighton. He thinks of raising a mustache, and is willing to be married.
Fry, '74, has forsaken his idea of being a minister, and has taken to farming.