Word: brightness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...student that I once knew went down South last winter, and at one of the hotels where he was staying, wanted to change some plates from one box to another. This must be done in the dark, there was no closet in the hotel room and so the bright idea occurred to him of spreading out an extra blanket and a rubber water-proof on the bed, and then crawling beneath the bedclothes to shift his plates. The landlady whose suspicion had been roused by the strange actions and apparatus of the photographer, happened to come into the room during...
...accessibilities with the least possible inconvenience to the reader. The libraries of the several schools are now brought together under one administration, and the law librarian, the science librarian, and other specialists are staff officers of the university librarian. They, in turn, have the help of a staff of bright Wellesley girls, of the class of 1883, who are trained as cataloguers and library assistants...
...alumni class associations have already given liberal sums and contributions have been received from several other quarters. The undergraduates have also been asked to help in furthering this good work and it is expected that a considerable amount will be raised in this way. Altogether, the prospects are bright for a good gymnasium but the college will have to wait two or three years before it is completed...
...bright sophomore calls his lazy Memorial Hall waiter "a Virginia creeper...
...Athletic Association is to be congratulated on sending such an excellent team to Mott Haven as to win again the cup which has been held for so many years by Harvard. Although we confidently expected our team to win, the chances were by no means as bright as in former years. Understanding this, each member of the team put forth every effort to bring the inter-collegiate cup to Cambridge once more, and their careful training and ultimate success is thoroughly appreciated by the college...