Word: things
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...word, let him not be "fresh." If his betters, the seniors, chose to go down in the mud and bite car tracks, that is an eminently respectable thing for them to do. They are not "fresh." They are only clinging to the last relics of a vanished childhood. But he, the freshman, with all the innocent freedom of a child in bib and tucker, has also all said child's ignorance of convention. This let him put in his pipe- if he can use one-and smoke, for we speak to him of the fullness of our heart or hearts...
...Another thing. Let no man stay away on account of the natural shy reserve which has been so noticeable in the last three or four freshman classes...
...truth which these words express could be taken from any book of the Bible and merely means that the power of God is stronger than that of man. Christ, the Son of God, did not drag men into His train, but said, 'Come ye, if ye will.' The one thing, and the only thing that students ask is an opportunity commensurate with their ability, and certainly they have it here. The University can do little more than broaden the door and keep it open by day and night. It does not bestow learning, it only affords the opportunity to acquire...
...usual thing freshman crews improve wonderfully at New London, and it is to be hoped that '90 will follow the general example. But little is known of the Columbia men, but as was shown in '82 and '84, their crews, though light, are at times remarkably fast...
...Princetonian has been afflicted this term with a motley troop of loafers in the editorial rooms, especially on the evening before going to press. Popularity is no doubt a desirable thing to any college organ, but the old adage of familiarity still holds there nevertheless. We have not the least objections to anybody coming into the rooms to consult exchanges and to look up special points of interest, but to use our sanctum all day long as a general rendezvous, which we are sorry to say, has been done by several men, is a little more than can consistently...