Word: vaines
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...else must go to the trouble of writing out the names upon slips of paper and putting these upon the desks. We all know how disagreeable it is to come into an examination room late and then be obliged to spend five minutes in wandering round in a vain attempt to find a particular blue book, but it is certainly much more disagreeable for those who are already at work to be disturbed by the moving about of the late comer. Examinations in themselves are far from pleasant, but under existing circumstances they are a necessity, and we ought...
...enthusiastic oarsmen of the University of Pennsylvania are determined to achieve fame in one way if debarred from it in another. Having tried in vain for two years to induce Harvard and Yale to gratify their desire to be seen in good company, they now take their revenge by challenging the whole country to row against them, and threaten that, if no one heeds their manifesto, they will proclaim themselves the national champions. If the bewildered nation fails within the specified sixty days to produce a crew, and thereby gives involuntary color to the Pennsylvanians' pretensions, they might go further...
...disagreeable noises which emanate from the steam pipes in certain lecture rooms might be remedied. A lecturer begins to speak and all the section to take notes, when, suddenly the steam goes whang, clash, bang. A lull ensues, and all the men huddle around the desk in vain endeavors to catch all that is said. Then the noise begins again, and continues with variations and slight interruptions throughout the hour, and perhaps day, Meanwhile the speaker is annoyed and listeners are distracted. Some remedy ought to be known to the engineer or superintendent of buildings. A removal of the nuisance...
...grounds, engaged in carrying lumber or removing rubbish of some sort. But it is with the first snow-fall that this steed prances forth, shedding about him the last feeble rays of his departing glory. Bravely assuming his heavy task, he urges on his faltering steps in an almost vain endeavor to drag a cumbersome snowplow through the mighty drifts. Spavined, aged, Lame, his case would surely seem to be one to provoke the pity and interference, if not of the college officers, then of some of the numerous societies formed for the protection of such as he. We will...
...concerted action on their part, if only to show the drift of their opinion. We believe that the best thing to be done under the circumstances is to appeal to the faculty, and if they uphold the committee then to appeal to the corporation, and if this is in vain,-then our last resource is to make an appeal to the graduates...