Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...class of '52, to which he belonged," he said, "had come up to celebrate its quarter-century, and one thing had come to their knowledge they were proud of, and that was, that however little else they had done, they had produced one grandfather. In this department of usefulness they would report progress, and ask leave to sit again. Two or three points in the affairs of the College had attracted his attention. He had observed with increased solicitude the difficulty which presented itself to their juniors and sons for finding admission to the University, and especially the difficulty...
...Trinity is "proud" that their nine was beaten in its game with Yale by the same score that Harvard was; and their interest in base-ball is correspondingly increasing...
...pastoral and the chivalric romances of the seventeenth century, one of the few interesting features of that dreary region lies in the opportunities for contrasting the behavior of the lovers with that which novel-writers nowadays give to their heroes. On marking the difference, one involuntarily feels almost proud of his century for being in this particular a little less ridiculous than bygone times, although it may outrun them in a thousand other absurdities. To whatever quality it may be due, whether to common-sense, or lack of deference, or indolence, we no longer find the lover addressing his mistress...
...system of the governing boards of the College is so admirable that we cannot fail to be a little proud of it. The chief power is vested in the hands of those who are most likely to take the deepest interest in the College, and who are best fitted to judge what is for its welfare, - the graduates; we are free from all political influences which stand in the way of advancement in many institutions, and the evils which President Eliot set forth so well in his argument against a National University; we are not governed by a close Corporation...
...most admirable book. The selections amount to a little over a hundred pieces, consisting of songs, descriptive pieces, translations, and sonnets, some humorous and some serious, but all relating more or less directly to undergraduate life. It is a book of which every Harvard man may well be proud. That such good poetry has been written by our undergraduates must be a source of pleasure to every one who has the interests of the College at heart...