Word: true
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...conclusion I would ask - merely out of curiosity, I confess - what the Advocate means by the statement, apparently uncalled for, that "in forensics grammatical purity is not taken into account." Is this statement entirely true, or is it true only of those whose views on forensics the paper advocates, or, finally, is it another of those "serious thoughts beyond the comprehension of some...
...doubt that is true at Packer...
SEVENTY-NINE is to be congratulated. That a class so large, so earnest in society matters, and of such different interests, could harmoniously unite to secure the most open and unbiased election that recent years have shown, seemed almost impossible, and yet it is true. Those croakers who declared that Class Day produced more discord than pleasure, and advocated its abolition, are completely silenced; and all friends of that time-honored institution can quietly rejoice. Especially should the under classes feel glad that they have such a precedent to follow, and that, instead of the usual troubled season of caucuses...
...like to call attention. It seems some-what remarkable that a library which expends $15,000 annually in purchasing books should, nevertheless, oblige students to raise by subscription the $300 needed to support a reading-room, and should in no way encourage their voluntary efforts. The sum, it is true, is not large, but it is not easy to raise among students who find so many subscription-papers awaiting them; and were it not for the energetic efforts of a few men who generously spend much time and labor in the cause, the college would be without a reading-room...
...past, so is that unappeasable thirst for beer by which the youth of that time seemed to have been impelled. The writer states that a student who should anywhere be seen tipsy would lose caste entirely among his fellows; but this is a very hard statement to swallow. If true, things have vastly improved in England over what they used...