Word: oftener
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Advocate recently commented on the disturbances that occur too often in the Yard about midnight. A few men seem disposed to make "night higeous," and have succeeded admirably in the past; this is a little pleasantry that can be indulged in in perfect safety, and yet it is directly disagreeable to a good many quiet students, and we think the men themselves would feel indignant if treated in the same way. Indirectly it may do more mischief, and lead to more stringent rules respecting singing in the Yard. The yelling of a few blatant fellows rendered garrulous by a fictitious...
...term "sporting the oak" has but little significance here at Harvard, and it would be well if, in this custom as in others, we followed the example of our English cousins. We have often heard, and oftener felt, the justness of the complaint that no one can "sport his-oak" here without running the risk of offending any of his friends who may happen to knock and not be admitted. A student is apt to think, when a man shows he is unable to work with him sitting by idle, and interrupting with a remark now and then, that...
...with him henceforth will be that of an importunate creditor, fondly believing that the Crew and the Nine will be organized in the best possible way without further responsibility on his part. He knows that a great deal of money will be spent, - much more than is necessary, he often finds, when he has no longer any means of redress. Their labors ended the committee make a report, stating, probably, that they are still in debt, and proceeding to levy an assessment which is, or is not, paid without one word of public comment on the manner in which...
...some degree of frequency and regularity, asking explanations whenever they are necessary, and were not afraid to speak above a whisper at a meeting, our officers would have opportunities to learn our wishes, and we should be free from the present system of confusion, under which, for instance, too often not even the treasurer of a society knows whether it is bankrupt...
...gone and come full often...