Word: recommendations
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...interesting record of Harvard's daily life. Its tone is not literary, but we cannot expect literary excellence in a daily paper. We do expect good sense and good taste. The Echo will necessarily become the medium of much criticism upon the authorities of the University, and we respectfully recommend it to pay strict attention to the tone of such criticism. Statements to the effect that Harvard College is inculcating principles which will turn out "corrupt politicians, embezzlers, and forgers" are at least metaphorical, and are liable to give the public erroneous ideas. Great injustice and harm has already been...
After two hours' labor we cooked up the following exact accounts, which were duly forwarded and no doubt proved satisfactory. I recommend them to all Freshmen laboring under the infliction of a father "of business habits...
...that I danced with Marie Antoinette, Queen Victoria, Barnum's Fat Woman (who came just up to my shoulder, and was very slight), the Goddess of Liberty, and several reigning princesses. I came away feeling that I had never been in such distinguished company before, and should recommend to any one afflicted with the blues a visit to a ball at Somerville. The cure would be complete...
...result will be a bad choice, or an in-harmonious election, - perhaps both. To avoid an unpleasant result, the class should be willing to make almost any sacrifice. It should be a matter of pride with every class to hand down to its successors our old University customs. We recommend to the Seniors the course adopted last year in the machinery of the election, and we wish them as pleasant a Class Day as that which fell...
...subscriptions should be made with reference to the fact that the Nine and Fifteen, when well managed, are self-supporting; whereas the Crew relies entirely upon outside support. We hope men will pay what they can afford promptly, and thus save our overworked officers much unnecessary care; and we recommend the class of '80 as an example for the lower classes to follow. It is not large, it is not, as a class, wealthy; but whenever college interests have called, it has always done more than its share...