Word: give
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Reporter. Shocking blunder! But, sir, how do you propose to carry on your elective, and what system of marks shall you adopt? I have here a marking-machine that has been employed with great success. It is warranted to turn out minus quantities, and to never give above seventy...
...Commencement exercises at Wellesley College yesterday were highly satisfactory, and worthy of the ladies who took part. The Crimson is very happy to give selections from such creditable performances, and is sorry not to be able to insert the whole, from want of space...
...ought, after all, to preserve enough interest in the world - you need not have much, of course - to care whether your crew is supported, and whether your class gives say two-thirds of her quota towards its 'Varsity. I 'm quite aware that '82, as you state, failed to support both her crew and the 'Varsity; still, that class did not get a very good reputation by such conduct. Then, too, it is very fine to say, "Confound all class matters, what do I care for my class?" like the '80 men, and though, like '80, liberal with your money...
...hoped that the rumor prevailing among the members of the Junior Class that next year the privilege of voluntary recitations is to be restricted to the Seniors is without foundation. One year is not sufficient to give the system a fair trial. It is not to be wondered at if this new freedom, when first granted to a class of young men who for two years have been strictly bound to the recitation-room, should, to some extent, be abused; but the next class to enjoy the privilege have been warned by the experience of their predecessors of the danger...
...This is Shakespeare. There will be a course in his works open to you later on, where you will have the advantage of hearing him interpreted by Irishmen, Spaniards, an occasional Chinaman, and gentlemen from Baltimore.) The other course open to you is to give your tormentor the grip of one of the Greek-letter societies, to which you doubtless already belong...