Word: older
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...contempt. Hardly less culpable are those men who, after subscribing, elude the collectors in every possible way, and subject them to continual trouble and annoyance. We hope this year to see a favorable change. We remind the University that among the many interests which make demands upon it, the older sports have the first claim upon its favors. We remind it that division of subscriptions should be made with reference to the fact that the Nine and Fifteen, when well managed, are self-supporting; whereas the Crew relies entirely upon outside support. We hope men will pay what they...
...been agreed upon as a game, - yet we may be proud of having gained even this advantage over such a celebrated club as the Union. The Lacrosse Club is proving itself worthy to take its place among our athletic organizations. Its members have trained with a fidelity which our older organizations would do well to imitate, and credit is due to Captain Sturgis for his excellent management of the team. We hope that their first success will not lead the men to relax their efforts, as the coming game for the championship of the country will probably be a harder...
...College against the present alarming tendency to form societies for every conceivable object. We by no means intend to discourage every new venture, but it would be well to remember that the energy given to a new enterprise might sometimes be better employed in keeping one of the older organizations upon its feet. If a number of men who would not otherwise take part in an established society wish to devote themselves to some interest which they have in common, we see no reason why they should not do so. But if these men will leave some older organization, which...
...says, "Wait till you 're older...
...their liberality deserves the gratitude of the College. A complete series of such windows would materially increase the beauty of the Hall, and surely there can be found no more practicable way of securing such a series of windows than for these to be the gifts of the older classes of graduates. There would, too, be a peculiar significance in having memorial windows. We hope, however, that the tone of the windows that may follow will be somewhat more cheerful. Would it not be well to place wire-screens over the glass? They are now exposed to danger from hail...