Word: regret
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...WHILE we regret the loss of Professor Baxter, however, we are very much rejoiced at the choice of his successor, Mr. George Riddle, as instructor in elocution. Mr. Riddle, having taught here for five months of last year, does not come among us as a stranger; and there can, therefore, be no uncertainty as to his fitness for the position. The acknowledged success of the Boylston prize declamation last June was mainly owing to his exertions, and we hope that the interest then aroused will continue among the students of all the classes. Certain it is, that if this does...
...required standard of excellence will be allowed to speak for the prizes. The number of speakers will thus be diminished at least one quarter from that of previous years; there will be this year, at the most, only thirty. It has always been a matter of regret that more have not thought it worth their while to come to these exercises; comparisons have been made between the attendance at the public speaking in the Boston Latin School and at the speaking for the Boylston Prizes, much to the credit of the former. Now that so few are to speak compared...
...action of the Association in offering to send men to the Intercollegiate games at Mott Haven has had the effect of inducing men to train who would not otherwise have done so; yet it is a cause of great regret that announcement of its intentions was not made earlier by the Association. This could not well be, however, for the difficulty of getting a track near the college appeared insurmountable. It was useless to talk of Jarvis Field for this season; in fact, we may consider ourselves fortunate if we are allowed to use it at all next autumn. Holmes...
...that they have already read the play. The suggestion has been made, and it is not a bad one, that some other play of Aristophanes, which none of the present Sophomore class have ever read, be substituted for the "Birds." It has always seemed to us a cause of regret that so little of Aristophanes was read in the Greek electives. Greek 9 used to embrace all the Aristophanes that appeared in the elective pamphlet, with the exception of the play that was read in Greek 6, and this course was open only to those who had attained considerable proficiency...
...said that his idea was to go over as much ground in the course as possible, and not to attempt fine elocution and expression in reading. A discussion followed before the division, in which the Examiner was worsted both in fact and argument. It is a matter of great regret, that what belongs only to Faculty or Overseer meetings should have been discussed in such a way and at such a time, and should have been begun by a person who was so evidently unqualified to criticise...