Word: might
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...borne out in it by even his most ardent supporters, - a fact which was clearly evinced by the unanimous election of Mr. Upham by acclamation. It can readily be seen that an occurrence like this tends to excite a feeling in a class that the four years' course might not serve to eradicate. As at the present day the classes are so large as to stand greatly in the way of class associations, ought we not, each one of us, to try to do all we can, at least, to keep out bitter sentiment...
...reply, and so misinterpreted her. "I wish," said I, "you'd finished off Homer before I began him. I burnt my copy, but to attack the old man himself was more than any but a feminine mind would have dared. Did you hang him in effigy? That might be called going it on a bust...
Whether this last statement is strictly correct is a question futurity alone can solve; but we have a question which we doubt not the editors of the Student can answer : What is "a nine made up of extra material"? A nine containing extra material might either be a nine of overfed men, or (strange and paradoxical though it may seem) it might be a nine with more than nine men in it; but a nine made up of extra material is indeed a wonderful thing. Apres tout, perhaps it only means that the material is extra good...
...might be expected, the several articles published in your paper last year on the subject of ventilation produced no effect. It is admitted, I believe, by nearly all architects, that they are unable to lay down rules in regard to the ventilation and acoustical properties of buildings. They say that in the present state of the building art these things are a mere matter of chance. This being the case, we cannot find fault with the constructors of our recitation-rooms, particularly as they were most of them built long before ventilation was ever heard of. What I do want...
When our crew went to Springfield last June, they were annoyed by an army of loafers, who, on account of a real or feigned connection with some newspaper, considered themselves privileged to hammer the shells, occupy the crew's quarters, and cross-examine each man on any point which might suggest itself to the reportorial mind. Now if there are any things which a crew must do, those things are to keep quiet and to keep their own council. What other means could have produced this desired effect we do not know, but it seems to be a settled point...