Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hope our readers will not misunderstand us. We do not wish to advocate organized agitation and disturbance, on the contrary, we are as glad and proud as anybody, that such things are no longer possible here at Harvard. We simply wish to remind the Powers That Be, of the fact that although their students may have outgrown the old ways of enforcing attention to their needs and grievances, the Powers themselves, have not outgrown the habit of kindly permitting the students to have needs and grievances. Gentlemen of the Faculty, Corporation, and Overseers, remember that now the college papers...
...burden of settling down, though it naturally falls with greater weight upon the shoulders of Freshmen, yet by no means passes by those who have kept three or more terms. The proud possessor of a library, however small, is not pleased to find that during his absence his landlady, in a sudden mania of spring-cleaning, has ruthlessly dragged out and dusted all his cherished volumes, and has replaced them perfectly regardless of size or shape, with that want of an eye to the general effect which is so characteristic of the average lodging-housekeeper...
First, and in a class distinctively above all others, we must of course place the champion, W. Renshaw, who has not known defeat since he first won the proud title four years ago. True his single matches are few and far between, as he contents himself with the one contest annually, necessary to enable him to retain his position as champion, but his play on that occasion at Wimbledon last July, and in the double matches and exhibition games that he has taken part in, have shown beyond doubt that he is facile princeps at the pastime. It would certainly...
...latter was afterwards beaten by Miss M. Watson at Exmouth, on collateral form, the Berkeswell lady is considerably her superior. The lady champion plays such a strong game, and is possessed of such excellent nerve and judgment, that with good health she bids fair to retain her proud position for some time to come.-[Pastime...
...placed in the Delta, will most fittingly inaugurate the era of better things. It is to be hoped that the improvement will not cease with this gift, but that our grounds may. within the next few years, receive monuments of the many illustrious men whom Harvard is proud to number among her dead...