Word: well
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...think that the tedious ceremonies of Commencement Day might well be divided. On one day the parts might be spoken; on another the degrees might be given out; while the graduates' dinner, etc., might take place on a third. The childish performances of Class Day - the dance about the tree and its companion follies - might well be abolished; and if the oration and poem were deemed worthy of perpetuation, they could be delivered either with the College parts, or on a separate occasion. On another day a concert in the Sanders Theatre would be an agreeable event. The various spreads...
...Club-races were not a success. The crews that entered did well, and the races might have been much worse; but for all that they cannot be called successful. Several men went to Canada who would have rowed had they been here; but we doubt if their presence even would have made the races what they should have been. It is unfortunate that the visit of the Foot-Ball Team took place at the time appointed for the Club-races, for the general principle must be recognized that to be successful in athletics in all the branches we give...
...editorial entitled "College Government" it points out that the undergraduate is not looked upon now as he was in the times of our fathers: "The view taken of him heretofore has been that he was not an adult, and that the college, having him under tutelage as well as under tuition, had some responsibility for his behavior. But the elective system presupposes that the student is an adult able to take care of himself and responsible for his own conduct in the same way and to the same extent as any other citizen." Now, inasmuch as the ordinary citizen...
...following stirring accounts of warlike deeds is taken from the Trinity Tablet: "The word was given, and '79 and '80 met with terrible force. For a moment the well-known pluck of '79 withstood the shock, but in a second the overwhelming numbers of '80 [35 in the class] overcame the resistance, and decided the fate of the contest. '79 was pushed, but it was not to their shame. For hey showed great pluck in attempting to 'rush' a class just twice their own in size...
...start was nearly even, Holyoke being an instant behind the others in taking the water. The crews kept well together to the turning-stake, Weld showing a little ahead on the first half-mile, with Holyoke a little in advance of Matthews. When near the stake, Holyoke and Matthews, who were to turn the same buoy, spurted; Holyoke took Matthews' water and turned first, but with Matthews' bow only a few inches from their rudder. Matthews, however, made a very bad turn, and lost about three lengths. Weld had the outside stake to themselves, but also made a bad turn...