Word: straits
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...state of the undergraduate exchequer when the last month of the college year is reached, usually does not warrant any attempted assessment beyond the customary duns of omnipresent 'Varsity and class crew managers. The strait of the Weld Boat Club after the loss incurred on the day of the unfortunate races was unforsseen, however, and necessitates not only the co-operation of the club members but the help of the College at large...
...contemplate this phenomenon that this lecture goes back to the early ages. How was it possible that such a result should be attained? Why should so large an amount of labor have been put into this form of wealth, when the conditions of human existence were so strait and painful? Why, when bread was scarce almost to the point of famine, should men have dug for gold...
...Abbott then described briefly the different branches of work in his own church. It we are going to get hold of people outside of our churches we must lay aside all conventionality in tone and manner and go to them in a strait forward open...