Word: confession
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...existence. Over a hundred weekly issues have now appeared, so that the enterprise can no longer be called a novelty. It is not inappropriate for us to express publicly our sense of obligation to the World for the interest always manifested in matters at Harvard. Still we must confess, that, however accurate its information in regard to doings at other colleges, those at Harvard have not always been correctly reported. When the World has, by some means or other, obviated this fault, there will be no drawback to the pleasure and interest with which we shall watch for the weekly...
...inadequate performance of duty, or for misconduct." There was no moral doubt of misconduct in this case, although, from the nature of the offence, there may have been a legal doubt. It was not to be expected that any one would be fool enough to come forward and confess that he had bribed a tutor. It would have been hard, however, to have found any undergraduate who had not frequently heard of his doings. We are perfectly aware that a story may spread from a small beginning, but when a large number of reports of this sort are prevalent...
...must all confess, however, that the author of "Hammersmith" has shown us a living Harvard, if not exactly the Harvard which each one of us knows. Times have changed since he was here; distance has added a romantic coloring to his recollections; but the portrait which he has drawn is a likeness, even if it is an ideal...
...Oberlin Review is principally taken up with two four-column articles on "Conscience in History" and "Coleridge and Modern Thought." We confess that we were unable to finish either of them. A prize essay, however, is promised for next time, and we look forward to this with great interest...
...celebrate a victory." We sincerely hope that the Yale men will have a chance to "drown their grief." The usual cut is poorly enough drawn, and the joke beneath it is still worse. It may be intelligible to the Yale mind, but we are obliged to confess that the point is too deep...