Word: points
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...declare themselves, but as the prospect of ever hearing from them has been growing beautifully less as time wears on, and we are no nearer a fixed standard than before, we think it highly necessary, by drawing attention to the subject, to have a settlement effected on this important point...
There was one idea contained in the letter which struck me as being particularly valuable and worthy of note, and that was to have contests in some useful and honest work between students. Looking from both a pecuniary and moral point of view, how much better it would be for Harvard to give up her boating and athletic sports, which not only involve great expenditure of money, but also foster vice by creating in students a desire for betting, and devote a part of the money hither-to spent on these to the purchase of agricultural implements and the formation...
...Buckham will allow that at this point he had a severe struggle with a pun, and that he meant "hybrid" to be understood for "high-bred," all remarks concerning the expression will be retracted...
...point discussed. Perhaps 't was fate...
...University crew, but there is also a feeling, though not very strong as yet, that an annual University crew is a very expensive amusement, and that, unless we are sure of victory, le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle. On this account the crew should make it a point not to run into debt, or, at any rate, they should realize the necessity of avoiding all waste of money. Most of the trouble, however, about getting boats has been in the Holworthy club, which has been so small that it was only entitled to three seats beside...