Word: grounding
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...threatens to become a general holiday. People living near the College make it a day for entertaining their friends. An exceptional case has been brought to the attention of the Committee, where a member of a lower class refused to give up his room for Class Day on the ground that he himself would entertain on that day. Tickets have sometimes been sold at open sale. The Yard is often controlled by a crowd in which the class has no interest. In view of these facts, the Committee ask the class to use their best efforts to prevent tickets from...
...Miner's used in reference to the College preacher is thoroughly disgraceful and contemptible. Dr. Miner himself also alleged that Dr. Peabody had advised young men to drink moderately rather than not drink at all. This the latter pronounces "an absolute and an unqualified falsehood. The only possible ground or pretence for it is that in a book of mine, in treating collectively of all forms of luxury, indulgence, recreation, and amusement, I say of them collectively that 'temperance is evidently fitting, and therefore a duty,' and that it is 'better than abstinence, unless there be specific reasons for abstinence...
...your examinations. And, further, as a reward for the originality and general culture displayed throughout your papers, the degree of D. D., after mature deliberation, is conferred upon you; and as an additional proof of our esteem you will henceforth be allowed to send in petitions on the ground of Catarrh, without a doctor's certificate...
...PARAGRAPH in the last Advocate declared that there was much dissatisfaction over this change in the order of speaking for the Boylston Prizes, on the ground that the Juniors had been despoiled of the advantages of their rightful position, the last. The reason why the last place should be deemed the better is probably because the judges are believed to be less critical towards the end of the speaking than at the beginning. The change, however, is not so unfair as it may seem. The present Junior class will have their turn at last place next year...
...cannot bear away the highest prize. A system similar to this has largely contributed to the success of the English University athletes. There, each of the more important colleges holds a preliminary meeting, and the winners then compete for the University championship. The principle which has gained ground here of late, in athletics, o making the contests class matters, is an admirable one, an??? has proved itself far superior to the old schemes, in the revival of interest in rowing and base ball. Nor is there any reason why, if properly followed up in the present instance, it should...