Word: informality
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...library authorities also inform us of the significant fact that the bulk of the volumes circulated in the library are not light, useless novels and romances, but works of solid learning and lasting value...
...sale of enough extra copies to pay expenses. As no advertisements will be printed we will be compelled to rely upon a large sale of the paper to meet the outlay. But we feel that all who are personally related to the university will be interested to inform their friends of the events of the day, and will therefore make use of extra numbers of the paper. The numbers will cover an entire official report of the whole anniversary, and will therefore in a sense be indispensable to all who are interested and who care to carry that interest...
...would inform our readers that the doors leading from the main hall of the gymnasium into the dressing-rooms are not locked. It is only a fresh coat of varnish that has fastened the wings of the doors together...
...have noticed with considerable surprise some freshmen wearing the red and black ribbons which belong to the nine, crew, and the lacrosse team. We should like to inform these men that these ribbons can only be worn by members of the above named teams without exposing the wearer to the ridicule of his classmates and companions. We hope that henceforth all such ribbons will be removed from the hats of those who are not entitled to wear them. The same might be said of red and black caps which mark all 'varsity teams...
...Yale freshmen sent a telegram stating that it would be impossible for them to come to Cambridge on the 19th, but giving no reason for their extraordinary conduct. A meeting of a few representative base-ball men was immediately held, and it was decided to inform Yale that she must either stick to her agreement, or consider the game forfeited to Harvard. A telegram to this effect was immediately despatched. This behavior on the part of Yale is certainly peculiar and we trust that she will be able to give good and sufficient reasons for thus breaking her agreement...