Word: slightest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: - It is not only the blush of indignation but the blush of shame that should come to our faces, when, looking over the register in the college library, we see boldly written upon its pages, without the slightest attempt at imitation, the ostensible signature of a celebrity, who has not visited Harvard College...
...city of New York men were uniformly light, and McElven, the anchor, the smallest and slightest of the four. The Columbia men were middle-weight. At the sound of the pistol, Both teams fell like lead to the floor, with Columbia slightly in the advantage. For an instant the red ribbon at the middle of the rope failed to budge, and then it just peered out of the snap on the Columbia side. At the end of the first minute Columbia had just about half an inch, and, although the City of New York's boys pulled sturdily, and their...
...almost as effective, and far more graceful for college men, than the bear-garden behavior in vogue at cocking mains and prize fights. It is one of the most creditable things in '89's record that she bore all this abuse patiently, without attempting to retaliate in the slightest degree. She may feel sure that the college considers her entitled to a most ample and public apology from the members of the Yale nine which connives at such treatment of visitors, and the college which participates in, and sanctions...
Over half the men in college live here for four years without attempting to adorn their rooms in the slightest. The walls are bare, the floor, or carpet, worn and often times very dirty, the furniture of a most unattractive nature, and no taste whatever displayed in the choice of window hangings. Now it may be said that it is not for all of us to be apostles of "sweetness and light," or even to be true disciples of Oscar Wilde; but it is possible for every man with a little care to keep his room clean and tidy...
...because they wish to stay here. For this reason also, suspension or a milder punishment is too light; for a man will take some risk if her knows that in case of detection he will lose only a few months here. But if it were generally understood that the slightest attempt at unfairness, if discovered, would be followed by speedy and absolutely certain dismissal, few would care to make the venture...