Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...question, bestows a fair amount of careful thought on the statements before him. It is desirable, however, that the members of the Dining Association should have clear knowledge of the "crockery" and "repair" assessments and the surplus now happily resulting therefrom. Nothing can be simpler, and, it would seem, more equitable, than the working of these assessments. The repairs made from time to time have been averaged, and found to be near the round sum of $175 a month. In the same way, the purchases of new table-ware were found to amount on the average to four cents...
...Yale man writes to a Western paper: "I do not sympathize with the government of the college here. Everything is required of the students under compulsion. They seem to be dealt with as so many rascals. I was going to say that a student could not be a man if he wanted to be. It may be that I am unduly prejudiced in favor of the government at your university, yet I believe to develop honest manhood you must put a man on his honor. This compulsory law does not extend over the seminary. Theologues are proper young men, supposed...
...third volume extends from 1871 to 1878. Great names seem to decline. One of the customs which seemed to have gained ground after the war was that of classes signing. This appears in 1866 and 1869, where nearly all of each class signed. The visitors' register has been kept in the Harvard Library for thirty-three years, during which about 1570 octavo pages have been covered with names, containing about 25 names to a page, making a total of about...
Ever since the Christmas holidays several rumors have been afloat concerning the disregard of training rules practised by some of the members of the freshman crew. Instead of decreasing, as time goes on these reports seem to be multiplied, showing that the non-training members are not settling down to hard work as they should. We are satisfied that these stories have some foundation, although they may be, and we hope they are, exaggerated...
...success of the society in one year has come up to the expectations of the most sanguine, and its possibilities for the future seem almost unlimited...