Word: suggests
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...flowery and verbless sentences" pleads with her to correspond with him. But the Vassar maiden always laughs at his poor spelling, ridicules his absurd mistakes, and "resents the impertinent demand on her time and attention." On the whole, the fun seems to be pretty equally divided, only we would suggest that the Yale and Harvard writers pay still less attention to rhetoric and dictionary, for, as it is, their communications are said to be less amusing than the others...
...phraseology is not for us to discuss; we merely wish to suggest a means whereby extensive repairs could be made and to every student's advantage. We claim that it is the duty of the Corporation to provide better means of egress from our dormitories in case of fire. Were a first class fire to break out to-morrow with great loss of life and property, every one would be clamorous for better protection, or, to use a homely proverb, the barn would be locked after the home was stolen. There is nothing in the nature of things...
...this reason there is great hope of their success on the 22d. But they must make fewer errors in the field! In no important game recently have they made less than ten errors, and in some many more; a fact that does not harmonize with victory, or suggest convincing arguments for success. Our base-ball article elsewhere shows a very good record of prosperity, but it also shows a total of errors that is not at all encouraging. The last game, however, reveals a marked improvement, and we trust this will be the fielding model for future games...
...taken in the second game with Yale, which will be played on Holmes' Field, June 22. There was one feature connected with the Yale game which we hope will not accompany the next match; we refer to the parade made in betting, which was so conspicuous as to suggest anything other than a ball game between college nines. The thanks of the Nine and of the College are due to the umpire who so successfully filled this difficult position...
...understand that in two cases at least, during the present week, the head waiter at Memorial "has not had time" to respond to the request of boarders for information in regard to the food there served. We would mildly suggest that it is his business to have, or to make, time for such purposes, and that any failure in this respect entitles him to severe reprimand...