Word: whose
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...innocents whose heads grew light
...ought surely to repeat our former victories and win several others. The mile run is especially worth the effort, as we have men who seem capable of success in this event if trained and pushed for it. In several other events we shall probably bring out some strong contestants, whose success in any one instance would prove gratifying. '85 is an unknown factor as yet in these calculations, and all look to her with the greatest interest in the coming in-door athletic games this month, and upon the training field when spring opens...
...There shall be a competent superintendent of the society, whose duties and pay shall be fixed by the board of direction. He shall deposit with the treasurer a bond satisfactory to the board of directors. He shall receive the signatures of members to these articles; collect their annual fees, and keep accurate lists of the members of the society. He shall attend to the receipt, storage and sale of second-hand furniture, books and other articles placed with the society for sale on commission, and shall remit to the depositors the proceeds of such sales after deducting the commissions...
...mere presumption to claim that the students are at all competent to make any affirmative choice from among the various candidates for the position, but it is certainly fair for them to demand that no one, who by general agreement is believed to be unsuited for the place, and whose unpopularity would impair the efficiency of his administration, should be chosen to an office so closely connected with the welfare and interests of every student...
There is an idea prevailing in the breast of many men who are fond of "fun" of a more boisterous kind, that a Cambridge policeman is a pitiless avenger of students' escapades, whose only desire is to lie around corners and get students into trouble. If such persons would call upon the veteran policeman whom we found in the station the other day when we were investigating the "small-pox scare," all of his fears of this monster would be dispelled, and he would find him a pleasant, rugged-faced man, glad to talk on subjects best suited...