Word: existence
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...snobbery which they encounter, and lose all the sweetness of college life in the solitude of their rooms. Exactly such cases are comparatively rare, I know, because generally there will be some one to make friends with them. But why should we allow a state of things to exist at all, which infuses bitterness into the lives of many of our fellow-students? It need take no great sacrifice on our part to be genial and kind to worthy fellow-students, even if they are poor and of a rough exterior...
...correspondent of a London literary journal announces the discovery of a new autograph of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University. The only writing of his hitherto known to exist are the two signatures in the registry of Cambridge University...
...they refuse the most tempting offers ot go elsewhere, sacrificing themselves for the love of their alma mater. And still the hue and cry continues, "Don't go to Harvard unless you are rich." It is impossible to see how such a mistaken impression about a place should exist where, in the very heart of its life, we find enshrined the spirit of Spartan poverty and simplicity...
...latter part of 1886 the Lampoon began to degenerate. It began to lose that distinctive quality mentioned so often, which is hard to describe, but which one feels to exist the moment he begins to look through an old issue. The editorials began to be flat and vapid; the jokes harder and harder to see; the bright verse more and more scarce. The double page and then even the full-page pictures disappeared and small society pictures with jokes (?) that would fit any one of them equally well, were substituted instead. Finally, to complete the destruction of its ancient character...
...strange that such an indifference can exist in a college. It would be well if '91 took a lesson from the freshman class of Yale. Already they have been praised for the hearty support given to their team and their well-trained cheering. They will show today that their patriotism has not been for nothing, and their steady cheering will be a great aid to the representatives on the field. It must be admitted that it is a great deal more trouble to accompany a team on a trip than it is on Jarvis and yell "Harvard," but nevertheless...