Word: suffered
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...number of men who are 'varsity material are at present training with their class crews; Eddy is at present rowing with the Sophomore crew, although still at the 'varsity table. Capt. Vail feels that the class boats should not suffer, but rather that they should make the best possible showing Any available men among them can be taken back after the class races...
...meal hours, their coats have been ransacked and robbed of various amounts of money which have been left in them. We can only caution each one of his danger and trust that some one may be sharp enough to catch the thief in the act. Apparently Harvard must suffer continually from the thieving of men who seem to make a regular profession of picking pockets, lockers and in fact of appropriating to themselves whatever they can safely lay their hands upon. It is useless to waste words in trying to express the disgust and contempt which everyone feels for such...
...said there were few things that many people dread more than beggary. Each has his idea of what he wants, the loss of which would perhaps mean beggary to him, and he might suffer and die sooner than give it up. It is curious to think how true this is of every member of the hurrying crowds we see around us every day; each with his small function in the world, and each with his fear for something, the loss of which would mean beggary to him. "Be master of thyself" and no material loss can then mean anything...
...this not because I believe that the Union would suffer from competition, but because I believe it is better for the interest of public speaking to have one society which shall contain all the best speakers in the university than for the speakers, who really have a common interest to be divided against themselves. In other words, there is a certain amount of speaking talent here; one society containing it all must be stronger than either of two societies each of which could contain only a fraction of that talent. Furthermore between two societies there would be likely to spring...
...their opinion so far prevailed that the decision of the matter was postponed till a later meeting, to be held some time within two weeks. If the proposition had been carried out Balliet of Princeton and Graves of Yale would also be debarred, but the University of Pennsylvania would suffer by far the most and might be tempted to withdraw from the Intercollegiate Association. Otherwise, the membership will remain the same...