Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...recent number of Harper's Weekly contains in its sporting column, conducted by Mr. Caspar Whitney, certain allegations concerning Harvard baseball players which it seems to us should not pass unnoticed. The so-called "summer nine black list" is an expression of personal opinion pure and simple. It has no status whatever as an authority. In fact, were it not for the injustice to the individual Harvard men whose names appear there in the issue of October 2 we should not care to pay any attention to the matter. Injustice has been done, however, as Mr. Whitney would know...
...connection with the desire expressed during the past summer by certain people in the district of Cambridgeport that the name of their post office should be changed to Cambridge, instead of Cambridgeport as it now is, an effort is now being made by the same interests to solve the difficulty by establishing a single central office to take the place of the two now in existence. Such a step would of course unite the two districts under the municipal name, Cambridge...
...chief reason alleged for this sweeping change is that the name Cambridgeport has acquired a degree of unpopularity which injures the business of certain firms located in that section. Rather than place this name upon their bill and letter headings it appears that some of the firms prefer to let their mail be addressed to Cambridge and sent to the Harvard Square office, in spite of the inconvenience in delivery...
...must be called for at a distance, or not at all, that those who are not at home when registered and special delivery letters are brought by messengers, must go to a greater distance to obtain them, and finally that the delivery of all mails will be to a certain extent retarded unless an extra appropriation is provided for carriers' car fare...
...will be remembered died last January, left the bulk of his property to five institutions: The Mass. General Hospital, the Homeopathic Hospital, the Boston Art Museum, Mass. Institute of Technology and Harvard. It has taken some time to arrange the provisions of the will, but it is now certain that these five institutions will receive not far from three-quarters of a million each. The Corporation of the University has not as yet planned any definite purpose for the use of this rich endowment. A part will doubtless go to the enlargement of the Library, while the rest will...