Word: sober
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...folder in his morning paper. There can be no discrimination as to what goes through the mail; if there were, who would not exercise his rights to have all advertisements and unpaid bills, and Brine blotters and poco cards excluded from his room? We believe that a sober, second thought will convince the gentleman that if tutors have the right to exist, and if they have a right to use the United States mail, or the columns of a daily paper, it matters little how they advertise themselves; and no reasoning man will deny that they have a legal...
Moreover, I believe that the responsibility for yard troubles in the past rests with the men whose sober convictions condemn the excesses which have been committed, but who are too good natured or too irresolute to stand up to their convictions...
...upon a matter of moment to the whole university, not only fail to respond to the call, but even allow themselves to be betrayed into an action characterized only by boyish irresponsibility. It is a disgrace, that when the faculty have asked the students of the university to take sober action in a matter which concerned them as men, many of the students have shown so distinct a want of the responsibility of manhood. There are now but two things left for the students to do in justice to the reputation of the college; either to hold an immediate poll...
...committee has resigned, and the control of the yard is now in the hands of the students as a body. Let the true manliness and sober good-judgment of the undergraduates guide the celebrations of the future. We must feel the weight of the trust that is given to us by the faculty...
...collegiate contests will not be among the least important. To our freshmen we would say that there is a chance to add another to the long list of Harvard victories, a chance which must not be neglected. They must remember that this is no child's play, but requires sober, earnest work, and steady training. The men have shown up well thus far, and the college looks to them to carry off the prize from both their rivals next June, thus crowning themselves with the honor of a double victory over worthy adversaries, and helping to maintain the position which...