Word: paper
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...name of Mr. B. C. Henry, Musical editor of this paper, was accidentally omitted from the list of editors published in yesterday's issue...
...recent excavation of the "Harvard Furnishing Store." an iron pot was found containing about a quart of ancient silver coins wrapped up in what purported to be an old newspaper. Upon close examination, the paper was found to be a Thanksgiving copy of "Ye Blatant Home," published by "certaine of ye students of Harvarde College." It was No. 4, Vol. II, and bore the date "November 23d, 1699." Among other things, there was an account of a "game of foot-balle between ye youthes of faire Harvarde and ye men of Yayle." The game had been played "3 dayes previous...
...recently in its columns, about Harvard; and we wish that all college journals could practice a like courtesy. Sensationalism, the great enricher of reporters nowadays, starts on their evil missions almost no end of exaggerated and wholly false statements, and these statements somehow find their way into almost every paper in the country. It is at least courteous that those who have so eagerly published elaborate reports, should be as eager to publish denials of them, especially if undenied, they are likely to do injury. Such courtesy as this, however, unfortunately is far from being common, and because so uncommon...
Perhaps less interesting even than the battles of editors is their love-making. Just as every paper has its bitter foes, so, too, every paper has its dear friends. With the former all is bad; with the latter all is good. Here is a paper that is "little, but oh my!" and here one that is "decidedly fresh," and here a third that "is a credit to the institution which it represents. Such a paper cannot fail to arouse an interest outside its own peculiar sphere. We hope to see you often...
...these criticisms doubtless have a certain amount of justice in them, but why all this needless extravagance? The exchange editor of the college paper seems to lack good judgment, to be immoderate in all that he does, giving either elaborate praise or uncalled for censure. He should, however, remember that extravagance, whether in praise or censure, defeats its own ends. In the case of praise the lies are too evident; and in the case of censure the bitterness very naturally meets with resentment...