Word: permitting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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FIRST SUB-FRESH. Can you tell where I can get a permit to the Yard...
...class, although most of them have been called upon to subscribe, have failed to give anything at all. It is not necessary to wait for the subscription-list to be brought around, but it is the duty of each man to subscribe promptly as much as his circumstances permit. Moreover, the members of eighty-two ought to know that when they voted to row the race they virtually pledged themselves to supply the crew with the means; and they should feel that the rest of the University has also an interest in the result of the race. It is greatly...
WITHOUT doubt marks play altogether too important a part in the ideals of many students; but the fault is as much that of the Faculty as that of the students. It is to be regretted that the present condition of the University will not permit the abolition of all systems of definite marks. But though such a reform cannot be accomplished for many years to come, the Faculty might give some relief, or at least boldly face the evil. It is well known throughout the college that the two deaths of last year were the result of reckless overwork...
...gravely said, 'Gentlemen, it is after nine o'clock, and you are keeping me awake; I must therefore warn you to make less noise,' and then disappeared. 'It's your proctor,' yelled the company, - we broke up in disgust. A short time afterwards, I was thoughtless enough to permit a little singing in my room; the head again appeared, and I got a public the next day. It was just the same the whole year, so I resolved to change my room...
...cent - are the very men who will not abuse it, and they are hardly complimented by the assertion that they will be "tempted to cut on any pretext." Their present high rank is a sufficient warranty of their future conduct, and we feel confident that they will not willingly permit the failure of the first step toward that freedom which is the highest incentive to manly work...