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Word: staying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...those things they ought to have done during the past term, are, about this time, revolving in their minds whether they will go home during the Christmas vacation or virtuously remain in Cambridge and grind. To all such good intentioned and hesitating students we would say, "Dont." Don't stay here, because you will not do enough work to give you one per cent. more at the mid years than you would otherwise have. Don't stay here and be uselessly miserable in thinking of the fun you are missing. Don't stay here, only to begin the second half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/16/1886 | See Source »

...interested in rifle practice are invited to come. None need stay away for fear of making a poor score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RIFLE SHOOTING. | 12/1/1886 | See Source »

Moody, the evangelist, will probably visit Cornell after finishing his stay at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/24/1886 | See Source »

...offenders are upperclassmen, there is only one thing to suggest. Since their native instruction and early breeding is so firmly rooted that the influence with which they have been surrounded during their life here has had no effect for good upon them, it would seem best for them to stay away from the lectures altogether, and thereby spare the lecturer annoyance and preserve the University's good name. For such action forces us to one of two conclusions: Either the knowledge of these men is too extended to permit their wasting an hour in listening to such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 11/23/1886 | See Source »

...McCosh admitted, though with some reluctance, that the fashion in which Princeton was treated, shortened his stay at Harvard. He refused to discuss the contents of the letter which had brought a prompt reply from Dr. Eliot, nor would he divulge the nature of that reply...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Holmes's Hard Words. | 11/18/1886 | See Source »

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