Word: pretended
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...obviated, for if these captains prove inefficient their places may easily be filled when the various teams once organized meet for their permenant election. A little reflection shows how much superior this method is to the method once in vogue. The freshman class with all its discretion cannot pretend so soon in its career to make the wisest choice at its elections, and it is with this in mind that we suggest to them thus early the advisability of electing temporary captains for all their athletic teams...
...chief interest to readers of the Magazine at Harvard, is an admirable paper on the Northwestern Country in 1767, made from extracts from a journal of a United States officer, written in 1767. The number closes with articles on minor topics, and other interesting miscellany. To all who pretend to have any knowledge of American history, and especially to students in the courses in history in Harvard College. this magazine is an imperative necessity. It is only necessary to look over one number to see how valuable it is and to realize what a mistake is made in neglecting...
...Pelliparius" does not pretend "to represent Harvard thought": he simply writes of his experiences at Harvard and of such Harvard customs and institutions as will, in his estimation, interest his friends at Andover. It is difficult to find either lunacy or vicious mindedness in such a course; and further, I cannot see what difference it would make in anyone's belief whether he used his true name or an assumed one. A FRIEND OF "PELLIPARIUS...
...leaders who dictate to the knights and pretend to instruct them are often ignorant and dangerous men; (b) the organization has a tendency to train members to obey their leaders, rather than the laws of the country; (c) it teaches them erroneous principles of political economy; (d) it leads men to be discontented with their station in life, to hate capitalists, and to attempt violence in order to bring about a change in the present social order.- Nation...
Volapuk, or Volapyk, is a word that one frequently hears in these days, and all who pretend to keep up with the topics of the time should thoroughly understand the aims and rights of this "world-language...