Word: subjects
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
PERHAPS those who intend to write on the third subject given out for the third Junior Forensic would like some good definition of the Bible, so here is Daniel Pratt's: "The Bible is a vocabulary of invisible images...
...certain scouts, when asked how much they charge for doing the work of tenants, to reply "fifteen dollars a term," which naturally sounds somewhat lower than the janitor's price; but which, taken in connection with the fact that there are two terms in each year, places the subject in a different light. I have written this simply from a spirit of justice, and I must candidly admit that my treatment at the hands of janitors has been such as to warrant my preference for them over scouts, while my work has been better done...
...useless discussion as to who should write the letter, it was voted to leave the wording and forwarding of the communication to a committee consisting of Mr. Alexander Agassiz, Mr. George Roberts, Mr. Trimble, President, and Mr. Allen, Secretary of the Club. The language used in connection with this subject by a certain graduate, in reference to a gentleman who has been kind enough to interest himself in our crew's success, was entirely out of place and uncalled for. The meeting adjourned with cheers for Colonel Henry Russell, who has given a voucher...
...rules and regulations laid down by the College authorities for the guidance of janitors in the duties of their position" say that the janitors may charge a sum not over twenty-five dollars. All the "rules and regulations" that our correspondent may be able to find on the subject of janitors will not disprove the fact that a certain Freshman was charged forty dollars for the care of his room in Holyoke. We take occasion to remind our correspondent that the authorship of editorials is to be referred, not to any particular editor, but to the whole board...
...such thing as the author of an editorial in the Crimson. The opinions expressed are always the result of deliberation by the whole board of editors, and no one of them bears or can bear more than a tenth part of the responsibility. An editorial on any important subject is invariably read beforehand at the editors' meeting, and there criticised and altered. It is so much the custom among our readers to regard the editorials as anonymous expressions of individual opinion, that we cannot hope to persuade them all of the falseness of their theory; but we hope that those...