Word: mattered
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...there are still further reasons which deserve consideration in connection with this matter. There is, it seems to us, a general desire on the part of the faculty and students to restrict Harvard athletics. Here, then, is one opportunity to remove a possible bone of contention. If we confine our freshman race to Yale there will be less trouble in the future, less difficulty of management. We shall thus bring our athletics more upon their proper basis-as a feature, but not as the purpose, of our college life...
...recess, a misstatement in regard to the receipts of the Football association. It represented the association as having a surplus of something like $8,000; and from this people have inferred that the crew this year, would be in no need of money by subscription. As a matter of fact, however, the crew will probably receive no money from the surplus, which is far less than was represented. The accounts of the Foot Ball association have not yet been fully compiled, and for that reason a more detailed financial statement cannot be made at this time...
...each debate from ten to twenty speakers. The treasurer made a report to the effect that there was a surplus of $38.52 in the treasury. After the transaction of this business the Union tendered the retiring officers a vote of thanks, agreed to appoint a committee to consider the matter of getting up a debate with another college, and chose for the next debate the question: "Resolved, That Congress should remove the duty on raw wool," and proceeded with the pending debate...
...debate for the negative. He stated that a person moving from one state to another cannot get a divorce in the new state unless he becomes a bona fide resident in it. A constitutional amendment ought not to be made without most urgent reason. If you put a matter like divorce in the hands of the general government you cannot consistently stop at any of the things now under state jurisdiction...
...Another matter, too, relative to the gymnasium demands attention. The cement dripping floor just outside the shower-bath is not kept in proper condition. The outlet for the waste water is often stopped, and the floor itself sometimes far from cleanly. In this state of affairs something should be done. A little work would remedy the difficulties, but continued carelessness makes them only more obnoxious...