Word: though
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Though honey on my lip it left...
...York Times of March 16 prints a letter on boating at Harvard, which contains statements that are very unjust to the gentleman who has lately been coaching the Freshman crew. The writer of the letter states that, though the Freshman crew is now being coached by Mr. Warren Goddard, '79, he will soon have to be replaced by some one who has had more experience in boating. In the very next sentence he laments the fact that, without a coach, the crew is doing but poorly, which is just another way of saying that Mr. Goddard's work amounted...
...authorized to say on the part of the Athletic Association, it is expressly stipulated by the President that the judges of the sports shall be gentlemen who are, or have been, in some way connected with the University. This imposed necessity limits the choice to a few; graduates, though they have had great experience, are in many cases unwilling to assume the disagreeable position of judge, and thus, frequently, that office must be filled by an undergraduate. This is a point that we wish to make perfectly clear to all, and when this position is understood, men will recognize that...
...think the Foot-Ball Club is to be congratlated on the state of its finances, though not on this alone. The enthusiasm shown by the Captain at the recent meeting deserves the support of all members of the club...
Such a one was Jeremiah Smith. He was born the 6th of April, 1841, in the little town of West Hampton, Vt. His father, a farmer, died soon after, leaving his mother, a woman of a keen, though uneducated mind, and his grandfather, a relic of Revolutionary days, as guardians of Jeremiah's early years. History is almost silent about his childhood. We know that he early developed a taste for letters. He learned his alphabet at the age of two, and literally devoured his picture-books...