Word: protestations
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: As the elective pamphlet is soon to be published, it seems a fit time to protest against the insufficient information furnished in regard to the number of hours in the various courses having laboratory work. Neither in the elective pamphlet, nor in the catalogue, nor in many of the special descriptive pamphlets, are the number of hours to be found. The only way to find out is to hunt up the instructor, who, by some natural law that we do not understand, is usually out in such circumstances, especially at the beginning and end of the year...
...would respectfully call the attention of the authorities who preside over the college yard to a little matter which is under their jurisdiction. We wish to enter an emphatic protest against the water which the pump near Matthews supplies to thirsty students. This water is, and has been for a long time, totally unfit to drink. We have been told on good authority that the water has been analyzed and found to contain impurities to a large amount. Now whatever the cause of this pollution is, it seems to us that the water ought not to remain in this condition...
...Yale men claim that the chief reason they have held aloof from joining the proposed league between Harvard, Princeton and Yale is based on the fear that if a dispute should arise, Princeton and Harvard would combine against Yale. This is merely a protest to screen themselves for their backwardness in uniting with Harvard and Princeton as they know well enough that everything passed by the league has to be done so unanimously...
...would have nothing to say; he might have told all sorts of imaginary stories of adventure on the plains, and along the rivers of our continent, and it would have been none of our business; he might have lectured himself into fame and fortune without a word of protest from us. But when he began to pervert the history and distort the geography of our continent to gratify his ignorant conceits and base ambitions, it began to come within our range; and when he and his agents attempted to corrupt the school text-book literature of the day, and tried...
...York Lacrosse Club has entered a protest against the Independents of Boston, and claims the championship of the United on account of the challenge rules...