Word: offing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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The moribund condition of the association seems to have been chiefly due to the lethargy of last year's administration; and with the election of the present board of officers, the association seemed to take a new lease of life, and the evil day of dissolution was averted, for a...
Now it should be distinctly understood that the Reading-Room is not the public property of the undergraduates; it is private property, the property of a society; and since the departure of '72 and '73 we surmise that this society is far from comprising a majority of the students. The...
The privileges of the Reading-Room are almost invaluable, and can only be properly appreciated by those of us who experienced the want of them; they are so important that it would be worth while to retain them at almost any inconvenience, even at that of refusing admission to all...
In order to save us from the humiliation which the failure of the Reading-Room would entail, we earnestly request the two lower classes to second the efforts of the present administration to place the Reading-Room on a firm basis, by joining the association at once.
And a word as to the way in which the room is conducted. We think we can appreciate to some extent what the tribulations of a curator must be; but it really seems as if a little more system might be shown with the newspapers and magazines; and it certainly...