Word: forgottenness
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...young grass. The pernicious practice of crossing the college yard wherever it suits one's convenience cannot be censured too severely, and it is to be hoped that the care which will be taken by the college authorities to preserve the beauty of the grass plots will not be forgotten by the undergraduates...
...language. The contrast between "numbing thought" and the "blithe heart" ought to be indicated by some change in the flow of the words. Instead of this a rather strained alliteration, "on shiny shallows of shoreless sorrow," so obtrudes itself upon the reader that the blitheness of temperament is quite forgotten. We cannot but regret that Mr. Berenson fails to find smoother expression for much of the vigor and beauty of his thought...
...university to provide entertainment for their winter evenings. One would suppose that mere gratitude would make them heedful of the comfort of the members of that university of whose public lectures they are so fond. But no; they have had their priveleges so long that they have forgotten that it is a privilege. Might they not, then, well receive the treatment which the catalogue prescribes for those of us who abuse our privileges or fail to use them...
...class and individual reunions, and the connecting link in the great chain of sympathy and affection which binds together all loyal sons of Harvard in ties of lasting friendship. Here men of all ages and fortunes mingle together on a footing of jovial equality; personal and political differences are forgotten, and all unite in striving to make the evening a pleasant and memorable one. May this coming reunion be in every way as successful as its predecessors. Dear old Mother Harvard has good reason to be proud of her children, as will be seen from the gathering of celebrated...
...them. The number of college games need not necessarily be lessened, for practice games can be arranged which would be as interesting as the championship games have been. In games with the smaller colleges we have everything to lose and nothing to gain. A victory over them is immediately forgotten, and the nine receives no credit for it. But if we happen to drop a game to them the nine is condemned in the strongest terms. So it seems to us that Harvard will be taking a wise step if she decides to enter this new league...