Word: worded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...time draws near for the Senior Class Elections, a word of caution may not be out of place. Only by laying aside all personal prejudices and all personal ambitions, by selecting the best men available, from whatever section of the class, by concerted and harmonious action, can the result be satisfactory to the class and the College public generally. As the Crimson has heretofore remarked, "Class Day is not Society Day." If there be individuals who are disposed "to lobby" or otherwise advance the interests of certain men, or if there be men who entertain ambitious plans for their...
...which what seems to us an almost boastful tone is assumed in discussing our rowing prospects for next year. We think that the writer in the Times misrepresents in reference to this question the College feeling, which, it seems to us, can be better described by the word hopeful than confident. There is great doubt whether seven of the Crew of '81 will row again this year, but granting that we are to have the same eight with the exception of one man, our chances of victory next June are by no means so certain as to warrant the prediction...
NOTICE. - Beginning with this number, the Crimson will be delivered at the rooms of those who leave word to that effect at Sever...
...morning prayers. Without being tedious, there is sufficient variety to maintain the interest and at the same time a decorous element of religious directness and force. Under such men as Drs. Hale and Brooks the new regime cannot fail to succeed. It is well, however, to add here a word of caution. The hour of service gives no excuse for any undue haste: it is therefore fitting that a spirit of reverence pervade the hearers. Undue noise in entering the chapel, conversation of any kind in the seats, the unnecessary coughing which ofttimes makes itself conspicuous - all these are breaches...
...often prolonged far into the night. Few of us now at College can conceive of the enthusiasm which attended a rush. The fence enclosing the Delta was packed with Juniors and Seniors, while the road was literally thronged with lookers-on. The classes now stand front to front, the word is given for the kick-off (first blow), then the struggle has begun. The Freshmen's head man, with his backers, throws himself into the heart of the Sophs, and is knocked down without the least ceremony. The indignant class rush forward to avenge their leader. Then one was deafened...