Word: extra
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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EMBERS of the Sophomore class who want extra copies of the Class Songs can obtain them at 32 Holyoke or 10 Weld...
...Hall fell out first, and Messrs. Latham and Martin both cleared the rope at four feet seven and a half inches. As neither of the contestants could jump any higher, a tie was declared, and the cup was awarded to Mr. Latham, as he had given his opponent two extra trials. The jumping was exciting, and was much applauded...
...part to the swiftness with which the minutes pass, and also to the imperfect powers of man. This, I think, but a fair request, for, when more is expected than a mere answer to the questions, the questions themselves should be such that they will allow time for the extra work. When the instructor looks over the books, I trust he will bear in mind the fact that they were written, in some parts, by mortals who were prevented, by a longing for lunch, from giving up their whole minds to Rhetoric...
...best opportunity that could be given for this work would be a vacation of a few days before the annuals and semiannuals. But there is another method, if this is asking too much, which would neither interfere with the regular exercises of the College nor give any instructor extra work. By publishing the time and order of the examinations three or four weeks before they begin, the Faculty would give us the opportunity for review which we so much need. The men who had studied would not need then to cram, as they do now, in a manner as unsatisfactory...
There are two remedies for this state of things, if it is found that I have represented the case rightly: either to raise the price of board fifty cents or perhaps a dollar a week, or to allow any table to order extra dishes. If the first method were adopted, the expense to each member would not be much, - $20 or $40 a year, - while the Steward would have, I suppose, from about $200 to $500 a week more to spend. If the number of those who could not afford this advance is large, the other plan would be best...