Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...enough, and then we had more of them, and those now under the new track were the best of all. This is a poor lookout for those who expect to play tennis on college ground, and they are already beginning to grumble because the Tennis Association does not seem anxious to take measures to improve the courts. And there will be a great deal more of this grumbling next spring, when a diminished number of courts is crowded with an increased number of players...
...Wednesday's HERALD-CRIMSON, there is a letter signed "Graduate" urging the formation of a Harvard congress or mock parliament,-an assembly of students for the discussion of political subjects with a view towards benefiting themselves, and making themselves more suited for a political career. The writer does not seem aware that there was once here a Harvard legislature, the aims of which were those in great measure of the congress, which he is so anxious to see formed, and that this legislature or congress failed miserably...
...does the writer seem to be aware of the still existing Harvard Union. The Union does now certainly some good work, and we should like to see it do more, but there are certain facts in the condition of the college which perhaps preclude its doing more work as now constituted. The first and main one is this, that as a body of students, we come too early to college to have formed opinions on any large subject, and also that most of us have had no literary education to form such opinions. The mass of students here, excluding...
...April 13, at that time the officers had good reason to expect that Wendell Phillips would address a public meeting before close of the term. Mr. Phillips, however, was unable to come for certain private reasons, and then the short evenings and near approach of final examinations made it seem to the officers of the League inexpedient to hold another public meeting...
...appeals made in its behalf, the Lampoon has not yet been assured sufficient support to warrant its continuance. The editor of a college paper has enough to do without being compelled to pay for the amusement of the college. But this is precisely what the students of Harvard College seem to expect their editors to do. We support our crew, our nine and our athletic teams, and in none of these fields has Harvard made a greater success than in journalism. Let us support the Lampoon...