Word: reminded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...entitled to the degree of A.B. whose collegiate training is not largely based on the ancient languages. All the arguments I have yet seen from those who advocate the giving of this degree to indicate simply the completion of a four year's course of study, remind me of those used by the wolf when he had determined to eat the lamb; having made up their minds to do a thing - for reasons of expediency, perhaps - they justify their action by the best arguments within the reach of a bad cause...
...enthusiastic reunions of Yale and Bowdoin Colleges serve to remind us of the affection and loyalty of college graduates towards their alma mater. There is no greater pleasure, perhaps, to the graduate of middle life, engrossed in the cares of business or professional life than these annual dinners, such as are now celebrated throughout New England. It is a noteworthy sign of the great interest taken in higher education that so many eminent men should attend these gatherings, and should discuss so earnestly and thoroughly the great questions of the day in collegiate methods of instruction. While a dinner...
...Yale News, speaking editorially, says, "We would like to remind the Sheff. Freshmen that soon they will have the privilege to carry canes." What a great privilege it is to carry a cane and not be pounced on by a party of sophomores...
...wish to remind our readers of the new regulation which requires all blue-books to be handed in before the first day of examinations. It is with a heavy heart and with deep regret that we broach the subject of examinations at all; but time moves on and the irresistable current of events brings us nearer every day to that great series of catastrophes that mar so large a part of two of the finest months of the year. As if to force upon us the consciousness of the nearness of these crucial tests, this new regulation requires us punctually...
...promptness with which the gymnasium authorities responded to our suggestion that the condition of the shower-baths should be improved, leads us to hope that they will be equally prompt now, when we remind them of the worn-out condition of the balls and pins in the bowling alleys. We have heard many complaints on this account, from the men who daily seek amusement by bowling. The good balls are so few, that one must go begging at all the alleys before one can get enough to play with...