Word: staying
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Rehearsal of class song today at half-past one and at quarter-past seven. As many fellows do not come "because they can't sing" the chorister wishes to request them not to stay away on that account, for rough voices increase the volume of tone without sensibly marring its quality. Let all come and sing today and tomorrow and the class song will go off well...
...this afternoon for New York to witness the opening of the New York and Brooklyn bridge. He will be accompanied by Secretary Folger, the secretary of the navy and Mrs. Chandler, the postmaster-general and Mrs. Gresham, the attorney-general and Mrs. Brewster. The length of the President's stay in New York has not yet been determined...
...foundation in the nature of the case; but it does not seem to us that, taking all the facts into consideration, they are strong enough, whether taken separately or together, to justify the abandonment of the plan as first proposed of building a fence. The number of students who stay outside to see a game is very small, and the few who do so would not, in our opinion, object strongly to paying the regular price of admission, which is by no means exorbitant...
...Madagascar embassy who arrive in Boston tonight will visit Harvard during their stay in this vicinity. In regard to this embassy the Advertiser says: "The members of the Malagassy embassy have visited Paris; London and Washington to prevent the perpetration of wrongs upon an innocent people, and to secure such advantages of treaties or trade as might be secured from any civilized government willing to enter upon a venture in the greatest of the African islands. It would be idle to think that this embassy will give new life or new directions to American commerce. On the other hand...
...still, if they can, and let them discard squeaky boots. Common sense alone ought to keep them from walking about, except to answer inquiries, and they can watch us just as well from one end or one side of the room, or from the middle, if they will only stay there. A proctor ought to know before he comes to an examination whether his boots creak or not; if they do, he can get a pair of felt slippers for sixty-five cents. Or if he sits down, as he ought to, he can do all his necessary walking...