Word: charming
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Each member of the Yale nine has received a gold watch charm as a memento of last year's victory...
Tonight the second college conference meeting will be held in Sever 11. Prof. Norton will speak on "Interest in Literature in its Relation to the Life of the Undergraduate." Those who have been in college longer than this year do not need to be told of Prof. Norton's charm as a speaker. The opportunities afforded us of hearing the most eminent among our professors are so few as to make them most valuable, and these conference meetings are useful for this as well as for other reasons. The students are all earnestly requested to represent...
...Fishing Camp," Mr. Duncan has given a pleasing account of an Exeter escapade. The style is clear and straightforward, and the treatment good. The absence of a distinct head detracts, perhaps a little from the effectiveness of the tale; yet artistic touches here and there give a certain real charm to the story...
...those who are at all interested in the basis of our own civilization these lectures cannot fail to be attractive. Not only is the subject a most interesting and instructive one, but the able and pleasing manner in which Prof. Toy lays his subject before his hearers is a charm in itself, and an opportunity of hearing him, so seldom offered us, should be taken advantage...
...would make, however, and that is that the music should be of a lighter character than that chosen for last year's performance. Light, jiggy airs are far more appropriate to the banjo than are the more intricate pieces which the Pierian renders; and there is a special charm about music which sets the feet going, as does the "British Patrol" or a spanish jig. We hope the Banjo Club may become a permanent feature of the concerts, and that it may continue to be successful...