Word: scouted
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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SINCE our last issue, the Bursar has sent letters to those scouts who still continue to work for students, warning them that the President and Fellows of Harvard College would consider them as trespassers if they entered the college Yard or buildings in future. An exception is made, however, in the case of any scout working for a college officer. It seems to us that this is an inconsistency on the part of the Bursar. All persons who occupy rooms in the college buildings should be on precisely the same footing in respect to any rule as to whom they...
...SCOUT. I'm mighty sorry that I did n't make your fire; but I tumbled down the steps of Grays and broke three ribs, and could n't get there on time. (Fact...
GENTLEMEN, - In your article in the Crimson of October 25, commenting on the duties of the goodies and janitors, you make the following inquiry: "Why should the Freshmen in Matthews and Holyoke be obliged to pay the janitor exorbitant prices for work that a scout would do for at least half as much money?" and follow up the question by the assertion, "We ask this question not without a knowledge of facts...
...bric-a-brac in their places. There is one evil, however, incident to the new system, that will grow greater rather than less, in the course of time. Why should the Freshmen in Matthews and Holyoke be obliged to pay the janitor exorbitant prices for work that a scout would do for at least half as much money? We ask this question not without a knowledge of facts. It will be to the advantage of the class of '82, and to all that may come after them, to have this matter thoroughly investigated...
...correspondence column will be found a letter on the subject of substituting janitors in the buildings for scouts. We should not refer to the matter again, were it not for the numerous complaints of it we have heard expressed on all sides, making it our duty to notice it. Many men look beyond the mere inconvenience that they consider will inevitably arise from the change; they regard it as an infringement of their rights, and as such they demur. It looks to them like employing a retainer who will perform the function not only of scout and attendant, but also...