Word: questions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were Juniors when what I am about to relate occurred. Stephen had complained of not feeling very well for several days, and on the evening in question he had started out, as he said, for a short walk, "to ??? me up a little." I had many times noted how nervous he had become. He started at any sudden sound, and often I had overheard him talking to himself. He had also complained of bad dreams; he certainly had been feverishly restless during these past few nights, and he had succeeded in infecting me with the same trouble. I knew that...
...question naturally suggests itself whether the morning prayers in the new building will conflict with those in Appleton Chapel, and be substituted for them by the students. The College, by allowing attendance throughout the year at St. John's, has authorized such a practice; but it is more than doubtful whether the St. Paul's would be willing to support it, as the members seem to desire not to interfere in any way with present arrangements...
...authors of the article, "Penny Wise and Pound Foolish," in the last Crimson, does live in Weld, and knows that he stated no more than the truth about the janitor of that building, correspondents of the Echo to the contrary. The article in question was no hasty complaint, but a careful presentation of facts which to the writer, at least, seemed worthy of consideration...
...contribution in the last Advocate, "Dr. Peabody's Successor," as well as the editorial article upon the same subject, we desire fully to indorse. The question is so thoroughly treated by our cotemporary, that there remains little for us to say; but we feel that we accurately express the sentiment of the College when we ask that Dr. Peabody's successor be some one who is not an Unitarian. It is in no controversial spirit that this request is made, but simply with the desire that Harvard shall be free from all sectarian influences. The appointment of Dr. Storrs...
...question, then, seems to be this: Should a student who has occupied a certain piece of land for tennis playing in the fall or spring, have a prior claim (prior, that is to say, to that of his fellow-students) to the use of that land for the same purpose in the following spring or fall? We think that he should. For in the case of land not belonging, by natural right, to either of two persons, that one most assuredly has the better claim to its occupancy who has expended most labor and money upon its improvement. The improvements...