Word: louder
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cheers just kept getting louder...
...population, the greater the number flocking to them, leaving their smaller rivals to survive as best they can. The reasons are obvious enough: the advantages and resources possessed by rich universities are greater, the competition among the students keener, the stakes higher, and the applause following the winner louder than among the smaller colleges. Harvard has drawn within its walls more than one hundred new recruits during the past year. Is there any good reason why it should not continue to attract even more...
...Watson, both boats were on the line at that time. As to the spectators, very ample accommodations had been provided. The observation train, which usually appears only at Yale races, was on hand, covered with bunting and ribbons. Columbia's color seemed to predominate, but Harvard cheering seemed louder and heartier than that of her New York rivals. All the New London steamboats, too, were there-the Manhansettel, the Osprey and the Cecile-besides two or three steam yachts all prepared to follow the boats over the course...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: Now that the returns from the examinations begin to come in, we hear louder and stronger complaints of the new marking system. At last one realizes how much the majority of the men oppose this innovation and how just their opposition is. It is indeed pleasant to go to an instructor and be told that your book was better than most of the D. books and that it was - nearly - worth C. The new system is not only distasteful to the "grinds." but also to the average man who does not wish to be marked...
...hymn-book for Appleton Chapel is being compiled by the University preachers. It is hoped that with this new selection of hymns the congregational singing will become louder and heartier...