Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...name was widely known, and the universal respect in which he was held is shown by the expression of sorrow found in the daily press...
...well claim superiority over numbers of previous years in at least one particular. The "Directory of rooms in the college yard." pp. 172-180, cannot but be of value to the college at large. Certainly the "subscription fiend" will glory in it, and although his glory may be others' sorrow, still a really valuable feature of the Index should not be condemned for any such slight disadvantage. It is, however, a matter of regret that this directory was not made to include the more important buildings out of the yard, such as Holyoke, College House, Little's, Hilton's Block...
Following this is a little rule occupying only two or three lines, yet how much anguish, how much sorrow have those few lines caused! It is the "compulsory prayers" clause. Rule 41 is important; it relates to the discipline of the college. It has been but little changed. Warnings are no longer given, admonition being the first round of the ladder which leadeth to expulsion. The full text of this rule is given below...
...entire college. No one more than Dr. Peabody has been or is respected by Harvard graduates and undergraduates. Indeed, it is expressing Harvard feeling all too mildly when we say that Dr. Peabody is respected; rather is he reverenced and beloved: and a misfortune to him causes deep sorrow throughout the college. With all Harvard men, we hope that Dr. Peabody who has been so much to Harvard and Harvard students, may by the skilful advice of his physicians, be restored to health...
...Misery loves Company" is an old saying, and one which contains much truth, our present feelings now lead us to reassert. We have always supposed that whatever was Yale could not be Harvard, and whatever was Harvard could not be Yale. This supposition has given us both joy and sorrow. The latter feeling has been especially prominent in athletics, and the way in which athletics should be supported. Yale enthusiasm, and Harvard indifference have formed the two pictures which have been so often placed side by side, that the comparison might be the more marked by the just opposition...