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Word: alle (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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No less successful in their way were the afternoon exercises. At 5.15 the class cheered the buildings, and then entered the enclosure about the tree, where the other classes received them, and the customary exercises, including the singing of the class song, written by Mr. Earl B. Putnam, of Waterville...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS DAY. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

The orator, Miss Margaret Tippet, a lady whose massive brow was partly shaded by a halo of auburn curls, and who wore a dark gray polonaise trimmed with Valenciennes lace was loudly applauded on rising to deliver her oration. As this was in Greek, we have tried to translate it...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENCEMENT AT WELLESLEY. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

After about fifteen minutes, when the applause which burst forth spontaneously at this brilliant sally, had somewhat abated, Miss Rosamond Mortimer, the poet, was escorted on to the stage. Her appearance was in every respect romantic. Her profile was of the purest Grecian type, excepting her nose, which, being a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENCEMENT AT WELLESLEY. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

The actors all snicker, the audience titter,

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DISENCHANTED. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

"WHEN you were a Freshman, did you make a fool of yourself?" asked a hopeful young friend who feels sure of getting into college, this his fourth time; this was in the new Gymnasium on Class Day. "Some five thousand times," I replied impressively, rushing off to Miss -- of Albany...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMANIA. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

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