Word: cast
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...virulent free trade editorial contained in this morning's issue of the HERALD. Its writer seriously discredits the interest of Harvard students in the tariff question when he asserts that there is little likelihood of the protectionist pamphlets being read, and he also takes an unwarranted opportunity to cast contempt upon certain aminent advocates of protection. The arguments advanced in these documents are, naturally, in portions, severely partisan and at times inconsequent, having been originally expressed orally at a public meeting; but that they are wholly absurd and readily fallacious in statement is hardly to be believed, even...
...There is no such thing conceivable as being in two fraternities at once. Resignations and expulsions are exceedingly rare; intense devotion to the welfare of the fraternity here and elsewhere is the rule on the part of the members. Over all their operations a veil of general secrecy is cast; the location of the meeting hall is unknown, and the very existence of the fraternity seldom referred to by its members in conversation. Many fellows, moreover, have no friends outside of the fraternity and no more acquaintances than they can help...
...about to charge into the mouth of an innocent-looking cannon which protects a camp of wigwam-like tents. This book has a feature which many a freshman wishes could apply to his physics or analytics - it cannot be opened. Another interesting relic in the room is a plaster cast of Cromwell's face made from the mask taken after death by the sculptor, Thomas Woolner. After passing through the hands of Carlyle and Charles Eliot Norton, it finally found a permanent resting-place in the library in 1881. If any one has any doubt as to Cromwell's unsympathetic...
...York Times says the students of Princeton College are making efforts to secure a good crew to represent them at the proposed inter-collegiate regatta at Lake George next summer. A dramatic and musical entertainment, in aid of their boat club, is to be given in New York. A cast of well-known amateurs will perform "The Honeymoon," and the college glee club will sing...
...majority, we regret to report, that the Republican party has outlived its usefulness. Last week the presidential question was discussed, and it is reported that this meeting also was overwhelmingly Democratic in its sympathies, and the Republican party was passed over in scornful silence. This news cannot fail to cast a gloom over the entire community...