Word: pleasanter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...very glad to announce the extra Christmas service which will be given in the chapel for those who are to remain in Cambridge during the recess. From its promised character the service cannot fail to be a pleasant occasion for those who spend their Christmas away from home...
...temporary refusal of the faculty to allow the Glee club to make a Christmas trip was announced as final yesterday, and so a pleasant custom which was thought likely to become a fixture has been broken almost at the start. The only reason advanced for the refusal was that such a trip as that proposed is contrary to the whole policy of Harvard-that it is not her desire to advertise herself through any one of her organizations. The excuse given is hardly sound, for if the argument were consistently carried out intercollegiate athletics would be entirely abolished...
...proper sense of the word an advertisement. Last year the benefit accrued, and was intended to accrue to the graduates rather than to the college or the members of the Glee club. Those to whom the treat was rarest were Harvard graduates who found it both pleasant and profitable to renew their associations with their Alma Mater, if but for a single evening. They are thereby entitled to recognition, if the Glee club are not; and it is as much on their account as on the account of the Glee club itself that we believe the action of the faculty...
...college life there are many temptations. A man is among students, pleasant fellows, some of whom drink to excess; and it is in much company that he acquires evil habers which will remain with him in after life. It is a this period that man's habits are formed. His physical appetite and passions are strong; his moral will power too is strong; the curb and reins he has in his grasp. The all important question is, Which shall reign, passions and physical appetite, or the will? Granted that many successful men indulge in intoxicating liquors to a moderate degree...
...many express a wish for the revival of the sport. and signify their desire to participate in cross country runs. Indeed, the demand has been so general that it seems incumbent upon the H. A. A. to take action in the matter. Surely a sport so healthful and so pleasant should not be abandoned because of the enthusiasm in other lines of athletics. We hope, therefore that the mere expression of a general desire for hare and hounds runs will meet the approbation of the H. A. A-and that right speedily...