Word: permit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Permit me to reply to some of the opinions of the writer of the second latter in today's CRIMSON. This writer says: "I can see no reason why another tree should not be chosen, if the crowd which attends the exercises is to be as large as in past years." To this I reply that there is one most excellent reason for not choosing another tree, a reason, namely, of sentiment, purely and nobly of sentiment...
Troubles with the Indians finally brought matters to a head. In May, 1676, they attacked the estate of Nathaniel Bacon. Being refused a royal permit the latter set out of his own accord and chastised the plunderers. When Berkeley took the field, he saw that the entire populace was aroused, and the only means of pacifying them was to call another assembly. The result was a crushing defeat of the Berkeley party and the election of Bacon to the assembly. He was arrested on his way to Jamestown, but was released on parole. Before the Assembly Bacon publicly acknowledged...
...Permit me to use your paper to make a much-needed complaint against the wretched ventilation in our lecture and recitation rooms. I have, however, special reference to Lower Massachusetts during History 13 today. During the entire hour every window-and these windows are the only means of ventilation-was tightly closed, causing the air to be almost stifling. This is not only very unhealthy but it makes good attention and note-taking impossible...
...Will you permit me through your columns to call attention to a Harvard custom which seems to me more honored in the breach than in the observance. I allude to the stamping by the students in Memorial Hall upon the slightest provocation. This evening a lady and gentleman entered the gallery, and the latter, happening to have his hat on, was greeted by a loud burst of stamping almost before he had reached the top of the staircase. He at once left the gallery. A similar incident took place a day or two ago in the case of two elderly...
...Permit me to draw the attention of students in Harvard University to the summer courses to be given in Paris this year under the auspices of the Alliance Francaise...