Word: things
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...thing that we have probably all noticed, but which few have made mention of, thinking it no doubt too small a matter, is the annoyance, if not danger, caused by the swinging doors in Sever Hall. We can never tell when we enter whether at that moment some one will not be coming out and so slam the door in our face. This is especially grievous, as the two steps in front of the door give an impetus to the push which the goer-out gives to the door, preparatory to jumping down these steps, and often cause the goer...
...students would elect could be made to do "police duty," even if the faculty so desired. And he must have a poor opinion indeed of human nature in general and of the faculty of Harvard College in particular, who can believe that they desire such a thing...
...election of a yard committee. If by "police duty" be meant anything like an eventual reporting of disorderly students to the Dean, I venture to say that not a single one of all the faculty-members who unanimously passed the vote ever conceived of the possibility of such a thing. The vote was a bonafide declaration of a trust that the students, if left entirely to their own counsels, would permanently guard a permanent interest of the university more efficiently than the faculty has ever been able to guard it. How they should do this we did not undertake...
...They have played and won the hardest up-hill game in the steadiest manner possible. Time after time an error in one of these last five innings would have defeated us; but our nine never faltered for an instant, was never nervous or confused, and always did the right thing. Well, the most exciting game the association ever chronicled is over, and after our wild rejoicings of last night we can soberly look forward to what lies before us. With hard work on the part of the nine, - and no one doubts but that they will work harder than ever...
...miles away. And so the others sadly climbed down from the rails just about the time a telegram came telling how the Harvard men had beaten the visitors out of their boots. There might be tears and lamentations and flattened pocketbooks for the freshmen that night, but one thing was certain, there was no fence...