Word: amidst
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been the education that Harvard has to offer. Whether or not in the future it will become an advanced high school depends upon the action of its faculty. Mr. Arnold's remars upon Oxford form a fitting close to this article. "We, in Oxford, brought up amidst the beauty and sweetness of that beautiful place, have not failed to seize one truth,-the truth that beauty and sweetness are essential characters of a complete human perfection. When I insist on this, I am all in the faith and tradition of Oxford. I say boldly that this one sentiment for beauty...
From the kick-off Haxall sent the ball far into Yale's ground, and as the blue wavered from the attack he soon secured a fair catch in dangerous proximity to her goal. The ball was placed and amidst frantic cheers from the Jerseymen Haxall scored the first goal for Princeton. Nothing more was scored in the first three-quarters by either side...
...been cleared off the field so that the grounds were in a very fair condition. Princeton won the toss, and selected the west end, from which a strong breeze was blowing, which materially aided her side. Peace kicked into touch at 2.45 P. M., and the game was started amidst great excitement and enthusiasm among the spectators, who had been waiting for an hour for the fun to begin. For the first twenty minutes the ball was kept upon Princeton's ground, and soon from a drop by Richards sailed over the bar, but the referee decided no goal, owing...
...easily understand how, amidst the pressure of senior work, a man is tempted to put off a thing which seems to him of such little importance. But even if he does not believe in the utility of class lives he must remember that it is one of the customs of the college, and takes but a small sacrifice of personal feeling to follow...
Daniel Pratt dined at the Episcopal Theological School Monday evening. He spoke after dinner on "Language" amidst great applause...