Word: particularity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...series of thefts that had been endured through a long period of time at Yale without attracting any particular attention was capped recently by the sleasing of two meerschaum pipes, whereupon the students aroused themselves, and the thief was at once caught. There are many wrongs which a college community patiently endures, but the abstraction of its meershaum pipes is not one of these. -[Cornell...
...torchlight rush have been presented solely from a sophomoric point of view fills his ardent soul with envy and he calls aloud that his deeds may be set forth in undying print for the benefit of posterity and humanity in general and the edification of himself in particular. How the fence went down before the mighty onslaught of the '88 warriors, how the sophomore braves Lacked sand to begin the fight after the time-honored custom, how many of the latter were bareheaded on their return to the classic shades and finally how, in a fit of kindness, the thoughtful...
...cussed.'" Now I do not advocate the "cussing" part, but it seems to me, that much of the recklessness, and uncertainty in play could be done away with provided some such action as this should be taken. Let each man be told to back up some other particular man. And when this man gets the ball, he will be expected to be there by every man on the team. Then the rest of the team are not compelled to rush after the ball itself, but can be helping this man in other ways. They may be running ahead and "hunting...
...year, are even more encouraging, and the management of the Association may well congratulate itself on its success. Its own exertions, aided by the increased number of boarders, have wrought most satisfactory results. The board and service has been excellent and has given general satisfaction. The man who is particular in his taste can be suited at Memorial almost as well as anywhere else, certainly in Cambridge. The order list is complete, and, what is an important consideration to so many, the prices are reasonably low. We can. I think. safely say that as good board for the money...
...drawing books. The library might do half the educational work of the college if the students only gave it a proper appreciation. Everybody should do some reading; and if it be good, the more the better. He who does not read is rightly termed narrow minded. Freshmen in particular are likely to put off their initiation into the awfully complicated net-work of procedure at the library, and too often this delay extends through the sophomore and junior years, and as we have seen is not unbroken in the Senior year. This ought not to be. One of the first...