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Word: seemly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...business it would be to keep the yard free from all "muckers" and other intruders and the cries and tumult which they are sure to bring. Especially is this to be desired at this time of the year when the students desire as much quiet as possible. It would seem as though the superintendent of the yard could attend to this, but if it is not part of his duties, we hope it will not be long before some one is appointed to keep our yard free from the noise and cries incident to a public thoroughfare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/14/1883 | See Source »

Yale students do not generally seem to oppose the ultra-conservative policy of their college. The college papers indulge in frequent sarcasm upon the subject and one might imagine from their tone that the condition of affairs at Yale was altogether very gloomy and hopeless, and that such a thing as progress was quite unknown in the Yale faculty. It is quite to the honor of Yale students, as of all college students, that they are always to be found on the side of progress and in favor of more liberal methods. A lively interest is taken at Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/14/1883 | See Source »

...would seem that after the directors of Memorial Hall have had a board erected to light matches upon, the practice of striking them upon the walls might be stopped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 6/13/1883 | See Source »

...championship tournament or the two contests might be kept entirely separate. Perhaps the present plan may be the fairer method of deciding the championship of the college, but a class championship contest would certainly do much to arouse interest and rivalry among the classes. If it does not seem best to adopt the plan in the fall championship tournament, we see no reason why the experiment could not be tried in the spring tournament at least, which, at present, is not a championship tournament and is, therefore, generally lacking in interest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/13/1883 | See Source »

These suggestions may seem silly, but anything is better than these long, wearying, sweltering examinations in the month of June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/9/1883 | See Source »

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