Word: absent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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From various entries in the journal we learn that "Harvard indifference" is not of recent growth. May 23rd, 1836, "all the officers except the junior secretary being absent, a committee was appointed to inquire the reason, and a long discussion took place on the infelicitous state of the society." At the next meeting a committee appointed "to concert measures to raise the character of the society and excite more interest in the exercises," recommended that "in order to secure the attendance of a fixed number of members so necessary for the improvement at which we aim, a new list...
Rantoul, who has been absent during vacation, will probably take a seat in the boat on his return. The individual faults of the men are the following: No. 1 faces his oar too much and dips too deep; No. 2 also faces his oar too much; No. 3 clips and swings in; No. 4 does not pull his oar through; No. 5 settles at the finish; No. 6 takes too deep a dip; No. 7 hangs at the full reach; stroke meets and allows his oar to sliver...
...Allen, '86, who has for some weeks been absent from college on account of sickness, is to go to St. Augustine, Florida, for his health...
...that I get a very good view of Snodkins' back, as well as of the back of his note-book. The other day I thought I would watch Snodkins and discover, if I could, his method of taking notes. He came in just in time to be marked absent by the instructor, spent some very precious moments in getting off his coat, and arranging himself generally, but was at last, I thought, ready to go to work. But not yet. What good are introductions? Snodkins listens to them attentively, that is, he has his eyes firmly fixed on the lecturer...
...abridgment of this course is unfortunately unavoidable, every available minute should be seized upon to make this abridgment as slight as possible. Owing to the size of the class, however, which consists of over one hundred men, the instructor is obliged to spend valuable time in marking the absent, and is rarely able to begin the lecture until ten or twelve minutes past the hour. We, therefore, urgently recommend that a monitor be appointed in History...