Word: regrets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...some of them in the "Drawer" and shut them up. It has just come to our knowledge that the learned and distinguished president of one of our colleges has been made the victim of a practical joke, which we are induced to record with the expression of our regret that the boys will do such things. It seems that the worthy president went down to Virginia, where he was personally a stranger, to attend an ecclesiastical meeting at which many eminent ministers were to be present. On arriving, he was surprised to find that after making himself known, no attention...
...year in the character of the subjects given out for sophomore and junior themes, to the great gratification of those on whom this duty of writing falls. All who have labored in former years under a certain past regime will appreciate the improved order of things, and many will regret that the opportunity to profit by it is past. There is an undoubted and valuable advantage in the practice of theme-writing, and it is well that the subjects for inspiration have been made so much more interesting and the methods of criticism so much more advantageous. Nothing scarcely...
...last evening. A fine banquet was served, at which 150 members were present. The officers for 1882 are: Francis W. Weld, president; W. S. Smith, secretary, and F. Frank Brownell, treasurer. President Arthur, Secretary of War Lincoln and Senator Hawley were expected, but sent letters in which they regretted their inability to attend. Oliver Wendell Holmes sent a sonnet, and Longfellow, Whittier and President Eliot sent letters of regret. President Eliot was fined eleven cents for not attending the meeting...
...cent. Thus it runs down in the rank of scholarship, and hardly any ambition satisfied except that of the man at the head. The honor is usually a very empty one, a mere question of marks and marks. Thus, in many cases, the principal outcome is an extreme regret and disappointment at not having done just a little better. Turning to the "popular side" of the rank list, the same sentiment will apply. The poor fellow who fails to pass, frequently does so by a very narrow margin, and his failure is all the more exasperating from this fact. Numberless...
...last year, and as a Greek play is an event which one has an opportunity of seeing only once in a lifetime, we cannot too strongly urge every member of the university to attend at least one of the performances this week, feeling sure that no one will ever regret having seen...