Word: closing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cars of the Union Railway are forty in number, - twenty close and twenty open. They are finished in the Queen Anne style, and upholstered with velvet plush...
...undesirable to take a step which shall in any way tend to diminish the number of students at Harvard, to impair the interest which graduates feel in the University, or to increase the all too prevalent suspicion that the authorities of the University desire to maintain a close corporation. If the statutes of the Board of Overseers cannot be interpreted, like those of other colleges, to admit members who are not resident in the State, the liberal progress of the University demands a change in the statutes. In Dr. Bellows the College loses one of its most valuable advisers...
...close of the sumptuous repast the presiding officer rose with the assistance of his neighbors, and said, "Gentlemen, I give you as our first toast this evening, The Crimson. Long may she blush...
...FORMER President of a New England college, after getting a seat in a horse-car, noticed one of the Freshmen of his college curled up in front of him, and exhibiting obvious signs of vinous exhilaration. A close inspection revealed the fact that the state of inebriety was not hastily put on, like a hat, but had been worn closely, like an undershirt, for several days. For a few moments the President surveyed the undergraduate with an expression of mingled commiseration and disgust, and finally he exclaimed, "Been on a drunk !" The half-conscious student rallied his straying senses...
...spring, as it will require fully three months to train class eights up to the standard of last year. The chances of success are so evenly balanced, that if proper captains are chosen, and due care is taken in selecting men to row, the race must be very close. There ought to be plenty of men willing to train, with all the advantages that are now at hand, and the interest that is centred in these class contests. As they are likely to be popular for a long time to come, it might be worth while to perpetuate the name...