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Word: could (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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This was at once opposed. Professioner Geo. Loger suggested that, in the present state of the college finances, walks were out of the question, unless the prices of rooms could be raised. This expense could also be met by building an L to There, - a step rendered almost a necessity by the present overcrowded condition of that edifice; or else the janitors might be hired for one day only in each week. He moved that the money be devoted to building a place of confinement for suspended men, and supporting them there at their own-cost. This motion, however...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A MEETING OF THE F - Y. | 11/21/1879 | See Source »

...account of the Athletic Meeting last Saturday will be found on another page, and it will be seen that in two events our best previous records were surpassed. The sports were, in the main, creditable, but there were not as many new contestants drawn out as could have been wished. To be sure, the time for training in the autumn is short, and the greater attractions of football and rowing take away some men's attention from the Athletic meetings; but this cannot wholly explain the poor exhibition made by some of the contestants. When we take into consideration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

LAST Saturday was as unfavorable a day for good records as could well have happened; but, in spite of the biting wind and clouds of dust, there was a good-sized audience on Jarvis Field, and the sports were fairly interesting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ATHLETIC MEETING. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

...could only love, you wouldn't say that!" cooed the fond one. Her head drooped as though it would sink upon his shoulder; her eyelashes trembled in suspense; her hand clutched at space...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A DIALOGUE UPON COLLEGE HAPPINESS. | 10/24/1879 | See Source »

...find proper terms. The announcement was so absurd upon the face of it that no one who knew either of the gentlemen believed it; but the action of the managers of the Park Garden is none the less a mean and contemptible one. We wish that some legal redress could be obtained in a case like this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/24/1879 | See Source »

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