Word: oft
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Vernon is sacred so do we desire to save this the nation's other Mecca, thereby repudiating the oft repeated aphorism, "Republics are ungrateful...
...accordance with the oft-repeated suggestion of the CRIMSON, steps have at last been taken to effect the organization of an Andover club. A meeting of the graduates of the Academy is called for this evening, and we hope that the notice of this meeting has met the eye of every Andover man in Harvard. It is not necessary again to go over the reasons why the organization of such a club will prove a good thing for both Harvard and Andover; we have already spoken editorially of these. We hope, too, that it is not necessary to urge every...
Since the yard authorities complied with the oft-expressed desire of the CRIMSON and furnished us with plank walks, a time worn subject for articles of all kinds has been removed. The authorities have used praiseworthy care in keeping the walks in the yard free from snow this winter. There are, however, a few places where especial care should be taken, and which seem to have been neglected. These are the steps of the various dormitories, and more especially Weld and Thayer. Covered with ice as they are at present, with but a slight covering of ashes, which tend merely...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- Your remarks in Wednesday issue about hour examinations seem well-founded. They undoubtedly voice the sentiment of nine-tenths of the students on that subject. If we are to have a return of regular, oft-recurring examinations, let us have them in the shape of monthlies, to whose occurrence we can look forward with certainty. Such an arrangement would be far less disagreeable than the present whimsical system...
...need shrink from undertaking it because too much labor would be required of him. Preparation, of course, is necessary if any success is to be gained, but one can always proportion his work so that he can profit something, no matter how little that may be. That oft-given reason, too much work, does not apply to the question at point...