Word: brightness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first reunion of the O. K. for many years occurred last evening at the Parker House, and was attended by over sixty members, who passed a very enjoyable evening. Hon. Geo. G. Crocker, a former president of the state senate, presided, and many of the toasts were bright and witty. A number of Harvard instructors were present, and the immediate members from '85 and '86. A catalogue of the members since the foundation of the society, which has been prepared by the '85 members, was distributed at the dinner...
Student Life, the periodical published by the students of Washington University, St. Louis, says "The future of the University is bright; she is in all the vigor of youth, and it is only a matter of a few years when we who are now receiving instruction in her classic halls can point with pride to her as the most 'superbly endowed' American University...
...Edmund Gosse told a London reporter regarding American audiences that he found the Bostonians the most critical, sharp, bright, and sensitive: "But all were most enthusiastic and indulgent. My reception at the academic centres-at Harvard University, at Yale College, at that brilliant young nucleus of scholarly life, the Johns Hopkins University-was uniformly cordial and touching. Everywhere the welcome was frank, complete, and far beyond my deserts...
...Dartmouth correspondent of the Exonian in the course of a letter remarks: "When I touch upon base-ball at Dartmouth, I am well aware that I am nearing delicate ground, because our position last year was not one calculated to call forth general acclamation. However, there is always that bright beacon - hope-and it really looks now as if we might "take a brace." Our prospective pitcher is Dillon, of '88, who in form and action resembles your old foe, Vinton, more than anyone else I have ever seen. One of the Western college journals says that 'Dartmouth...
...characterizes the Athletic Association cannot but be pleasing to all interested in physical culture. How pleasing this life must be to the undergraduates called to the head of the association for this year. When the college year opened last fall, the prospect which met their eyes was anything but bright. Indeed, to many the prospect appeared gloomier than ever before. Two years had elapsed since a trainer had been permitted by the faculty to prepare men in general athletics; the last of the celebrated college athletes trained in the old days had graduated, and comparatively few new men had taken...