Word: resentment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second editorial strikes a responsive chord. The better service which we have all summer been persuading ourselves we were to have this year has not yet materialized. And a great many of us miss the old janitors; they understood our ways better than these new comers, and we resent a change which has not conduced in the least to our comfort or convenience...
...There is a certain crowd of freshmen at Memorial, consisting of two adjoining tables, who, in spite of their sojourn of four months among us, do not seem to have found out the rules which govern us all here. They all appear to be gentlemen, and would doubtedless resent any imputation to the contrary; but on entering Memorial they cast aside all the conventional rules of society, and proceed to enjoy themselves in their own way, utterly regardless of the feelings of those in the immediate vicinity. They stalk in with their hats on, and in some cases stand...
...college in the eyes of the outer world. But any tone can be changed by the cumulative energy of individuals working in the same direction for a series of years; and if, every year, twenty men with position, resolution and tact, would make it their business to resent offenses against the tone of the college in character and conduct, we should end by imbuing the very atmosphere with an honor, manliness, pride and delicacy, to which all things could be entrusted, and which would be the most precious thing a young fellow coming here would gain,- worth far more...
...ample proof of the catastrophes that have overtaken these inkstands in times past. An American stylograph would be an untold blessing to the German student, and somebody will undoubtedly make a great fortune by introducing that instrument of comfort and safety, unless, indeed, the conservatism of the Germans should resent and refuse such an improvement. After the student has made his preparation for work he chats with his fellows till the professor comes. The professor is always greeted by applause, or by a rising in the seats. He comes in on a walk that borders on a run; begins...
With our vacation just over and the midyears looming up before us, like a dark cloud on the horizon, we naturally feel that we are indeed in the very midst of the stern realities of student life, and, just as naturally, we are somewhat prone to resent any attempts to impose any extra work upon our already overburdened shoulders. But just at this critical time, the Juniors and Sophomores are fiddled with dismay at the announcement that a theme will be required from them on Wednesday next. Well, the ingenuity displayed by our instructors in selecting inopportune moments for springing...