Word: sustain
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ability hidden away some where in the class, and it is either laziness or false modesty that keeps it in the background. In a year from now the management of the paper must fall upon the shoulders of the present sophomore class, and two men are insufficient to sustain the weight. There ought to be enough class pride or class shame to induce some men to come forward as competitors for positions on the CRIMSON. It is not such a terrible "grind" as it looks. We shall always welcome contributions and encourage those men who show themselves proficient enough...
...tons every five minutes. After the mud is dredged out the space is filled up by concrete, which hardens under the water. Upon this bottom stone piers 30 feet high are built, and above these steel piers 100 feet high. This concrete masonry is the strongest made, and will sustain a pressure of 100 tons...
...Banjo Club, which was organized last fall as an institution of the University has been received with deserved applause at the many concerts at which it has played during the winter, and will doubtless sustain to-night the reputation it has gained thus early in its career...
...leading editorial in to-day's "Advocate" is well written and the several points of which it treats are well taken. We wish to sustain our sister paper in the opinions expressed. It is our belief that much of the ill feeling which is shown between the rival colleges is due more to misrepresentation and misunderstanding than to any other cause. We have tried to keep our columns free from the continual petty wrangling seen in many of our smaller exchanges and which is useful only to the managing-editor for filling space. In this attempt to stop unnecessary debating...
...feeling is high, and the interest in the result promises a closely contested race. We trust that all who can will attend the races. The work of the crews has been conscientious and thorough, and little doubt need be felt but that the men will do their utmost to sustain the reputation of their classes...