Word: strongly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...this joint committee, therefore, rests the final decision of this important question, and we are confident that the committee will be influenced by no uneasy desire for a change, but will decide according to the best interests of Harvard. The meeting last night from beginning to end showed a strong desire to adopt whatever course was most honorable for the College, and the discussion was carried on in a frank and generous manner...
...construction of these bridges should be made, it would be done at the expense of the city of Cambridge or of the State, according as one or the other has control of the bridges. Neither would have any advantage in making the change, and unless a very strong petition could be presented to the proper authorities it would be useless to attempt to induce them to do anything about it. Nevertheless, the construction of the arches would be of so much advantage to our boating interests that we hope an attempt, at least, will be made to induce the authorities...
...avoid. The mere fact, however, that given sections of a class should hold caucus meetings has nothing in it foreign to the purest democracy, nor even that they aim at securing positions for their candidates among the class officers, provided that they secure their ends by presenting a strong ticket, and not by cracking a society whip over the heads of the recalcitrant. In point of fact, this seems to be the only way to unite the members of a society and to draw votes from the other elements of the class. In judging the elections we suspect that some...
...Record "sprinkles us with roses," this week. It says that the chivalry which considers an insult to the man an insult to the institution is sensitiveness only equalled by that of the Harvard papers. The Record admits that its remarks were abusive, but takes refuge in the strong position that "the only redress a gentleman can obtain from an abusive editor is to sue him for libel, or to administer personal chastisement," and winds up by asserting that "in all events it is a personal matter between individuals...
...language of a complimentary resolution in place of the pure gold of the feeling that no class should go out into the world's struggle and temptation without thanksgiving for the blessings of the past, and earnest, heartfelt prayer for aid in the future. If this feeling is not strong enough in a class to induce it to repress with just indignation all mockery of an office that ought to be considered one of the most honorable positions that an undergraduate can hold, I think that the minority commit a great error in asking, as a favor, the majority...