Word: plain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have received this year an unusual number of letters from graduates containing some very plain-spoken, and, it must be confessed, justifiable, criticisms of the present undergraduate spirit. For the past three years the weakness of our cheering at Springfield has been growing more and more noticeable. So long as Harvard does well the cheering is sure to be strong, but the moment the tide turns it either ceases or becomes much like a discouraging cry of "No use, no use, no use, Harvard." And yet, this is in reality the only time when cheering...
...article on Harvard was written by Professor Charles Eliot Norton a few years ago for Harper's Magazine. The purpose of the article was to give the general public an idea of the life at Harvard, to set forth its exceptional educational advantages, and to make plain its position as the first of American universities...
...hares shall carry paper, cut in pieces about two inches square, in bags sufficient to last the length of the run, and shall lay a plain trail, from start to finish...
...companies: Pup. Opinion, 214, (June 4, 1894). - (b) Conditions here especially favorable. - (1) No government obstacles. - (x) Concessions of Nicaragua to Maratime Canal Co., 1887: Sen. Rep. 50 Cong., 1 Sess., No. 221. - (y) Company incorporated by Congress, 1889: Statutes at Large, XXV, 673. - (2) Scheme demonstrated to be plain and feasible: The "Nicaragua Canal," 18, 59.-(c) The present not a sincere private company attempt. - (1) Company too anxious for government aid and control: Sen. Rep. 50 Cong. 1 Sess...
There will be a run next Monday to the Back Bay Fens and back by the Parkway through Jamaica Plain...