Word: soberness
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...according to custom" has nowadays no force. We have made too many advances and improvements to take the conservative "according to custom" for our motto, Here is a needed improvement; one which cannot be made by any action of the authorities, but must be left to the sober judgement and the sense of the college. More especially must it be left to the sense of the lower classes, and this year we trust that their right judgement will be forthcoming...
...class oration and ode are sober and more or less pretentious affairs, while the poem and ivy oration are directly the opposite. Both aim to give, in a humorous way, the history of the class, and the ivy oration, although the most recent addition to the custom of the day, is the gem of the day. This position grew out of the old custom that when a president went out of office the class of that year should plant an evergreen to his memory and sometimes an ivy was substituted. While the planting went on it was the custom...
...throws the whole household into a state of misery and wretchedness. If, then, there are men who do not share the universal regard and love for John himself, and so are not concerned for his welfare, let them at least help in the good purpose of keeping John sober and straight by refraining from giving him liquor, for the sake of a family that is dependent upon...
...Charity Ball which comes to the Hollis from the Lyceum Theatre, New York, where it ran the greater part of last season, is a society drama of a somewhat high order; the play is strong and the lines and situations clever, though the humorous element is outweighed by the sober study of love and sacrifice. The company is familiar to theatre-goers; Herbert Kelcey in the sober part of the rector, Le Moyne, in the lighter part of an old man. Misses Cayvan and Crosman in the leading feminine roles and Effie Shannon as soubrette won applause from a large...
...Belgium and the Belgians," by Albert Shaw, is a sober article of political, educational, and legislative interest and descriptive of practical matters such as draining, paving, and building regulations and municipal affairs...