Word: rightly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: An example of a judicious use of hissing occurred in Sever 11 Wednesday afternoon at Prof. James' lecture. Every American citizen has a right to hiss anything that displeases him, and this right was exercised in a good cause on that occasion. The lecture room was packed to its fullest capacity and of course the closeness was almost unbearable. Last year a man fainted at the very corresponding lecture in this course. In spite of this, a man near the windows attempted to close the few windows that were open. The rest of the audience very properly...
...equally striking feature is the absence of pledges. Harvard students rightly wish to be free to change their opinions and habits whenever they see sufficient reasons for changing them. A political club does not require a pledge from each member that he will never change his mind, and join another party. English Free Trade societies do not require a pledge of eternal belief in the superiority of Free Trade over Protection. Neither will this society take pledges for the practice of total abstinence. It is intended that membership shall mean total abstinence, but as a member can withdraw from...
...DEAR HERALD EDITORS: In spite of all that you have so kindly said about ventilation in general and the Freshman Chemistry in particular, we freshmen still suffer very much from the foul odors engendered in experiments. - (I looked up the word in the dictionary, it's all right). Now, mother says I am looking quite badly, and father says I smell like a barkeeper, and my cousin Mary says I am horrid, so that she has to use her smelling-bottle. And . . ." [Here we cut out some affecting lamentations.] "Help us ere we dye. Very sincerely yours...
...Kiralfys have secured the American right to produce the reigning Paris sensation, "Mille et Une Nuits...
From Oberlin: "Impossible to come East. Two horrible cases of tobacco chewing have been found right in our midst. These will require all our attention...