Word: hopefulness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...respectfully suggest that the Faculty furnish conveyances to and fro. The cost need not be large, and the benefit conferred would be great, especially on a rainy day, or when the snow is several feet deep. For the sake of myself and the others who take the course, I hope the Faculty will attend to this matter...
...goodies, there is hope that they may improve, and that in time, if they apply themselves diligently, they may master the rudiments of dusting in addition to other work of a rather higher order, such as putting back pieces of bric-a-brac in their places. There is one evil, however, incident to the new system, that will grow greater rather than less, in the course of time. Why should the Freshmen in Matthews and Holyoke be obliged to pay the janitor exorbitant prices for work that a scout would do for at least half as much money...
...decision of the Executive Committee of the H. A. A. to offer a special day's sports for Freshmen only (excepting the bicycle handicap), deserves the attention of that class, and we hope to see them take advantage of this opportunity in large numbers. The committee's idea in doing so is to afford the Freshmen a chance of comparing their own records on that day with those of some of the upper classmen. Freshmen are apt to feel some reluctance to enter a race against other men who have been training - as Freshmen erroneously suppose - for some time. This...
Jarvis Field at list is handed over to the H. A. A., and it is to be hoped that no time will be lost in laying out a track there, and a fifth-mile track will probably be the size selected. This size of track has many advantages over any other: it is less expensive to make; is more interesting for the spectators; is large enough for bicycle races; the back-stretch is just the length to run 100-yard dashes and hurdle races on, and should be made of extra width with this end in view. Stones should...
Constitution. - We hope that the first step of the Executive Committee of the H. A. A. will be to provide a Constitution, By-Laws, etc., and a set of rules for every sport which they patronize. All these, when drawn up, submitted, and approved, should be printed in cheap form, and sold to the members at cost price. That an institution of such importance should have been suffered to exist so long without such essential articles is only another instance of the proverbial Harvard indifference...