Word: well
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...regretted that the present condition of the University will not permit the abolition of all systems of definite marks. But though such a reform cannot be accomplished for many years to come, the Faculty might give some relief, or at least boldly face the evil. It is well known throughout the college that the two deaths of last year were the result of reckless overwork; and it is difficult to reconcile with this fact the statement in the President's last Report, which reads, "In no one of the cases could the fatal disease be attributed to any exposure...
...glad on many accounts that the Freshmen have decided not to challenge Cornell. Taking into account the existing circumstances, it is probably just as well that a race with the redoubtable Cornellians has not been fixed for next summer. To be sure, our Freshmen lay themselves open to the charge of "cowardice" from Cornell, but so many charges of this nature come from Ithaca that '82 will not be alone in its ignominy! We certainly hope that the Columbia Freshmen will look favorably upon the challenge...
Oxford and Cambridge. - The Inter-University match will be rowed this year over the usual course on April 5th. The latest news reports Cambridge as doing exceedingly well, and, according to the English papers, the race will be by no means such a gift for Oxford as it once appeared...
...ambitious Senior, wishing to be thought a Man of Wit as well as a Man of Letters, took English 5 as the best means of attaining his purpose...
...however, the Professor happening to read a theme in which there were several Misspelled Words, two references to Matthew Arnold, a remarkable Mixture of Metaphors, as well as a surprising Lack of Unity, all waited, as they usually did, for a few crushing Remarks from the acute Senior. What was their delight to find him, instead, taking many Notes, blushing to the Roots of his Hair and completely Tongue-tied...