Word: problem
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...mathematical talent of the Faculty is employed at present upon the difficult problem of arranging the mid-year examinations...
...some of the electives must be limited, this should at least be announced beforehand. But we cannot see what is the need of any limitation. The numbers are not so large but that the use of some larger recitation-room, or the formation of another division, would solve the problem. A little less reluctance, too, on the part of some instructors to have a few more examination-books to look over would make matters better...
...hope for a satisfactory solution of the problem in the next issue; but really, if they are going to put six-and-two-thirds Freshmen into their six oared crew, something ought to be done about...
...possibly ignorance of this imperishable glory awaiting the victors which, aided by a glut of beer-mugs, has made the interest in the clubs so small this year. This whole matter of the clubs presents a problem which puzzles the most astute boating men. The handiest reason for the rapid decline in interest is the much-worn "Harvard indifference." It seems probable that the high state of civilization which we have here attained is antagonistic to boating. As proof of this is brought forward the fact that the Weld Club, which, since Beck Hall was included in it, has represented...
...inexplicable problem what became of the immense amount of blue bunting so conspicuous at the end of the first mile of the boat-race, so conspicuous by its entire absence at the end of twenty-two minutes after the signal start was given...