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Word: characterized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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As to my article being in "bad taste" and "snobbish," these expressions are wholly out of place, and are merely an indication of the bad-tempered manner in which the writer has taken my remarks. My opinions may be wrong, but they certainly were not expressed in a manner to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HASTY CRITICISM. | 3/23/1877 | See Source »

IN the course of my summer rambles I wandered as far east as Orono, the seat of the Maine State College, and, happening there in the midst of their Class-Day exercises, I took the opportunity of studying the character and customs of that institution. There are probably so few...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS DAY AT ORONO. | 3/9/1877 | See Source »

There are, however, two slight features in the present system of government which are still in need of improvement. It seems to be an unwritten law that no one outside of the State or almost outside the immediate vicinity of Cambridge can be on the Board of Overseers. The College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PLEA FOR UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

In spite, however, of all its drawbacks, the photographic art gives a deal of pleasure to man-kind. Not to speak of the character-study presented by every album, we can gratify ourselves with the sight of distant friends without the intervention of spirits; and in their "photos" they present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHOTOGRAPHS. | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

The most offensive part of his article is his denunciation of what he calls "Harvard contempt," "Cambridge Miss-Nancyism." None of his examples prove anything to his purpose. Of the worthlessness of student opinion as to the character and abilities of a fellow-student we are all aware. Harvard College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE AGITATOR. | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

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