Word: brights
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...countiess lamps of Veritas shine bright...
...Mayor Winslow in his inaugural address to-day, advocated the purchase by the city of land for a public park on Main street, opposite Clark University, at a cost of $34,000, accompanying the recommendation with these remarks: "I can only say now that the prospect is bright for a very large increase of our educational facilities, and that, too, in behalf of a sex which has not always been favored with its full share. The city, as such, can do little legally, to aid any enterprise of this kind, however meritorious, but I understand the park's commission...
...Advocate appeared yesterday afternoon, and contains much good reading matter. The editorials are bright and forcible as usual. "A Mexican Village" is a fair bit of description of the placid life in the growing state of our neighbors. "John Bryant's Ride" is an unusually well written story. In a few lines a situation is very forcibly drawn. There is not a sentence nor a word too much; the movement of the story shows great vigor. "An Automaton" is a very remarkable study and deserves a careful perusal and thoughtful consideration. It is with no mean descriptive talent that...
...Bird and the Rose" and "Tailor Courage," two very bright songs, were then sung by the Glee Club-they were given with great finish and spirit and were warmly applauded. Next came the Pierian who played the familiar "Lachner March" which we heard from them last year. Resolution and strength were its dominant qualities...
...There is a reality in those waves tossing and tumbling which suggests a wonderful power of description in the writer. An admirable poem on Fate follows this and shows a depth of thought seldom exhibited in college poetry. "Unappreciated Talent" is a Seri-comic story written in a very bright vein and serves to lighten up the solemnity which the preceding articles give the paper...