Word: account
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Lippincott's Magazine is a very interesting article by Mr. Rounds, Amherst, '87, on the social life at that college. The difference in the college life of an Amherst student and that of a Harvard student is very noticeable, as one reads the essay. The writer begins with an account of the daily life of an average student, following him through a Wednesday in term time, and leaving him in the evening seated with some friends at a table in "Frank's" the restaurant patronized by the college men, which must correspond somewhat to our "Adam's." "Passing from...
...account of the illness of Mr. Gericke, Concert-meister Kneisel conducted the orche-tra. and did it in a very effective manner...
...Matthew Arnold Impressed Me," we have a glowing and well-written account of the effect of the English poet's work on a plastic mind. The personality of the author is thrust for ward rather more than propriety or good taste would allow in an article of this kind. Without wishing to be cynical, I find considerable presumption in its spirit. The talents of the writer give promise for a very fair future, but let him delay the publication of his autobiography until the world may fairly be assumed to be more anxious...
...none of the Boston papers have printed a detailed account of the Yale-Pennsylvania football game, it is thought that a short description of it might be of interest to our readers, as it give a very fair idea of the strength of the Yale team...
...result of our annual battle with Harvard. Mr. Cook thinks that both Yale and Harvard could have defeated Cambridge this summer, if our English friends had come over here. We will have a pretty good crew this year, and I think that we could give a good account of ourselves if we went over to the old country. I am sure that the alumni would subscribe liberally, and that there would be no lack of funds to pay expenses. Such a race, if won by Yale, would probably be the first of a series of international contests, somewhat similar...