Word: presented
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...theory of government at present popular can be reduced to the following simple proposition. The best government is that by which the greatest happiness is secured for the greatest number of people. The greatest number of people are happiest when they have their own way. And, consequently, the best government is that which permits the greatest number of people to have their...
Such seem to be the only alterations of any importance; yet we advise all to read the regulations once at least during their college course, and there is no time like the present...
...exercise their boyish propensities for mischief on the letter-box instead of on the much-enduring drain; but public opinion against their wanton mischief would be much stronger if our own personal convenience were to be interfered with. To obtain this improvement, it would, we suppose, be necessary to present a petition to the Post-Office authorities, and we hope that the suggestion will soon be adopted...
...possible 50 was made at two hundred yards, and in practice 42 out of 50 and 23 out of 25 have been scored at the same range. The club now numbers about twenty members, and the entrance-fee has been fixed at five dollars. If the present interest continues, we shall expect to see, in the spring, some remarkable shooting...
...their action has been regarded by some from another standpoint. It has been said that when they formed and supported crews they managed the boating affairs of the College, while at present we who are now undergraduates send crews and support them; and it is therefore claimed that the management of the boating interests should be intrusted solely to us. There is certainly some force in these arguments, but it is in the power of the graduates to deprive them of their force. The support of the crew is a burden which the undergraduates are very ready to share with...