Word: caste
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...CRIMSON in the shape of nine ballots all prepared by the same man for the straight ticket which was elected. If this sort of work was practiced by any number of men, and there is substantial reason to believe that it was, probably enough illegal votes were cast to affect materially the result. It is but fair that the honest men on both sides should know of this. No class in Harvard college can afford, or ought for a moment to countenance anything which savors of dishonesty and trickery. If the part of the sophomore class which was successful...
...many years, a body of learned men, all are here. They are the fruits of the labor, hope and prayer of generations. No class has had the advantage offered to '95 Now is the most important epoch in your lives. The restrictions of school and home life are here cast off and discretion of judgement and self control cultivated. It is the beginning of one's life work. The confidence in the student felt by the University is shown in the freedom given in the choice of studies and in religious matters. This tends to develop self confidence and self...
...year when the hopes of all who have the interests of our rowing at heart were high, the coach question disappointed and discouraged all. Again and again when the persistent and untiring efforts of Coach Adams and Captain Perkins seemed to have mastered circumstances, some accident has cast a gloom over the brightening prospect. Captain Perkins is still unable to take his position in the boat, but will probably be back very soon. He watches the crew from the launch. At present the order in the boat is as follows: Stroke, Powers '92; 7, Kelton '93; 6, Vail...
...addition to these is a set of tablets which are connected with the Hittites. The writing is hieroglyphical and has never been deciphered. The sarcophagus of Eshiminazar II, king of Sidon, (300, B. C.,) is a cast, the original of which is at the Louvre. It is Fgyptian in style and was probably made in Egypt. The inscriptions give among other things the genealogy of the king, with the addition of territory during the reign, and calls down curses on any who may dare to open the tomb...
...third class of objects, the casts, are hardly inferior to the originals except as a matter of sentiment. Assyria and Babylon furnish the largest share. Among the casts on the floor are bronze and stone weights in the shape of lious and ducks from the commercial system of the Babylonians and Assyrians. There are five clay books that deserve special mention; the sun god in his temple at Sepharvoim., a grant of land by a Babylonian king to his servant, the cuneiform account of the deluge, a record of Nebuchadnezzar's building operations and a sale of real estate...