Word: properly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Banjo Club could communicate with the Amherst Clubs and thus arrive at some common understanding. The matter certainly is worthy of consideration, and if such a concert could be arranged there is little doubt but that it would be well patronized and highly successful. We advise that the proper authorities at once take the matter in hand and see that it is carried out if such an event be desired...
...unhealthy state of the basement of Weld to which attention is called in a communication is highly inexcusable. While we are convinced that it is only necessary to call the attention of the proper authorities to this evil in order to have it remedied, we cannot refrain from condemning their negligence which gave rise to the nuisance. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...
...again the present fine of ten cents a day for overdue books is outrageous. In the multiplicity of things which engage a student's attention he is not at all to blame for forgetting the exact day when a book is due. If a book is kept beyond the proper time, a postal shoud be sent, and the delinquent should be fined two cents, one for the postal and one for the clerical labor involved. As things are now, the library seems inclined to speculate on the misfortunes of those who use it. A third cause of complaint...
...desiring to make use of it. After a spin on the river, hot and cold water and a warm room in which to dress are furnished. No hardships have to be undergone, no privations suffered, and, in fact, nothing remains to add attraction to this deservedly proper branch of athletics. But how different things were a score and a half years ago! Then boating was in its infancy at Harvard, and only a few men took any interest...
...should be recognized that this spirit has been strongly guided by just such institutions as the Lawrence school, whose graduates include a large number of prominent and influential men. If success is to be measured by the share taken in the labor of bringing neglected studies into their proper position, the liberality of Abbott Lawrence and James Lawrence has been successful even beyond their hopes...