Word: ought
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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This project of erecting class windows is one in which great interest ought to be felt; but it is doubtful if a general interest in the subject will ever be awakened before a window is actually placed in the hall, which shall act as an example for others to follow. If this work is to be undertaken by a class in college, there is no one better able to take the initiatory steps, nor one by which it could be better done, than by the class...
...methods of cooking. The Freshmen classes would afford excellent materials for experiments; the researches might be conducted in one of the unused rooms at Gore Hall, while the cellars of Harvard offer unusual facilities for the construction of large and convenient catacombs. At the end of five years results ought to have been obtained definite enough to warrant the inauguration of the plan...
...general expenses than in other years, and large subscriptions can be more easily made. Other classes are assessed less, the Seniors least of all, because the expenses of a college course increase as one advances. We are sure that one moment's thought will convince every Freshman that he ought to do his share in supporting the University Crew by subscribing liberally towards paying its expenses...
...commission will be covered by the vague excuse that they did their best. Even if they are our friends, it certainly can do them no harm to ask an explanation of their actions, while, if they are not well known to the majority, a vote of want of confidence ought to bring into their places men who are better fitted to execute the opinions of the College. If we demanded reports with 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...
...West, and the consequent over-cultivation of land, resulting in loss to both railroads and farms, were to be found in the Nation at an early date. The Nation also pointed out the lesson of the California Bank affair. But why multiply instances? The Nation is, or ought to be, in the hands of all our readers...