Word: hardly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...hard as Fine Arts 1. I had to design a costume for the crew; I gave them the most delicious pull-backs, and caps with cardinal ribbons, - each girl has a waterproof ulster, of course. Since the coxswain took Cooking 8 she has grown so fat that we've had to send her to Brown...
...they are not, there is nothing more to be said; but it is so plain that they are that even President Eliot has rather given up this line of argument. As long as the Catalogue says, "None but those who need assistance are expected to apply," it will be hard to convince the average intelligence that money given in so-called scholarships is not a charity. The arguments of "T." on this point are somewhat plausible, but they seem to us unsound. We cannot see how the assistance given by the founders of scholarships to the holders of them...
...required to employ them, if they chose to employ anybody, to make fires, black boots, etc. We regret to learn that this system is to be extended next year to all the College buildings. The scouts are entirely inoffensive, as far as we can see, and it seems rather hard to turn away men some of whom have been around the College for more than twenty years. The chances are ten to one that any man employed by the College will be inefficient in the performance of his duties. Students will be obliged to hire a man over whom they...
Cambridge-Oxford. Cambridge 'Varsity crew began hard work on February 26, and Oxford also started on strict training one day later. The composition of the crew is not as yet definitely decided...
...alms, a charity, is something given for which no return is demanded or expected. Does this definition describe the conditions under which our scholarships are given? No, their acquisition means work, hard work, both during and after college life, and their influence is to increase a man's natural desire to work by throwing upon him an obligation to do his utmost to forward the cause which he is chosen to assist. The list of those who have received scholarships is a roll of honor. The successful ones are the men who have overcome sharp competition by force of superior...