Word: delight
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boston, and the proposed concert would be no exception in such a music loving city. It will also give the men in college another chance to hear these two much appreciated clubs. Moreover, any plan which will lighten the present burden of subscriptions, cannot but be hailed with delight by the students in Cambridge. The plan is certainly a good one, no matter in what way you choose to look...
...such transparencies does not confine itself to the small field of national and state politics, but goes out into broader paths and caricatures college customs, and we regret to add, college professors. These transparencies add very much to the originality of the Harvard delegation and are often hailed with delight by the observers. To give them up would take away the best part of our procession and would be regretted by almost everyone...
...chief delight of the students was in outwitting the proctors, and had those gentlemen shown a more reasonable spirit, the celebration would have done no harm and would have been over at an early hour. The fire on the grass by the library, which did so much injury, would not have been put there, except that its promoters were less likely to be caught in such a place. A bonfire is no crime, if it does no injury, and no one would attempt injury, unless detection means punishment...
Ocean ! in thy depths I'll hide me, in oblivion find delight...
...doctor, "a happy combination of all the systems of athletic development as practiced in these countries-the German for strength, the English and Scotch for sport, and the French for grace. The Western States adopt for the most part the German method, the Eastern and Middle States hail with delight the English athletic games and sports, while in New England the French calisthenics are popular. Each system is good in its way, but in order to make perfect bodies and clear heads the three should be combined. There are probably no sports more invigorating than skating, bicycling, and riding horseback...