Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...desk thought the majority of them had left...
Take care to choose a good pseudonyme. Emerson once won a Bowdoin prize, signing himself "A Son of New England"; but times have changed, and that would be thought shockingly provincial. Something which would hint in a noncommittal way of a gift to the College in future years would be effective. When you leave your manuscript at the secretary's office state distinctly that it is not an excuse from prayers; for several men have lost a prize through a misunderstanding on this point...
...HAVE just entered Harvard with one condition, and that condition is the grievance to which I wish to call your attention; all Freshmen have grievances, I know, but mine is an especially important one. My condition is in Greek Grammar; now, I thought that I wrote rather a good paper in that subject, last June (for Greek is my strong point), and was expecting to see "Good in Greek" on my entrance certificate. I was, therefore, much taken aback when I was informed that my paper had not been found, and that I was, consequently, conditioned; I managed to trace...
...since by doing so they make it a representative body, - a thing that it emphatically is not. While we condemn such practices as vigorously as we know how, we do not wish to judge special cases so harshly. The "Harvard Arion Quartette," of last summer's fame, probably never thought in what a false light they were showing the College, and what injustice they were doing the Glee Club. It was stated in the New York papers, we believe, that the quartette "was composed of the best musical talent at Harvard," - a statement that we should not for a moment...
When the two-mile buoy was reached the steady stroke of our crew began to have its effect, and when No. 6 in the Cornell boat actually went to pieces, all thought that Harvard was sure of the race. But Cornell, encouraged by the cheers of the crowds of her friends along the shore, rallied wonderfully soon to recover her lost lead. At the finish she was four lengths ahead, her time for the three miles being 17 min. 13 3/4 sec.; that of Harvard...