Word: comely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...number of students, from 55 last year to 73 this year, and the increased interest shown by outsiders in the progress of the society are very favorable indications for its future enlargement. There is more community of feeling between the students than in former years although they have come together from thirty-two different colleges and they have an annual "Commemoration Day" observed in the same manner as Class Day. They also have clubs for debate and amusement and have even gone so far as to provide themselves with a tennis court...
...noble building which under some stress was made capable of holding 1200 guests. The repast was simple in the extreme; there was no wine on the table and the eating was soon over. It was a refreshing contrast to the uncomfortable grandeur of English public dinners. The audience had come to listen and did not waste time needlessly! (This exclamation mark is our own.) There was no formality, cigars were speedily lighted and every one prepared to endure the speeches as long as speeches were forthcoming. Even the departure of the president at half-past four did not break...
...than this banding together of old alumni all over our great country. To whom the happy idea of instituting these clubs belongs we do not know, but now that they do exist, nothing seems more natural than that these old Harvard boys, with the same memories and associations should come together. And yet, if we are not mistaken, Harvard is the only university in the world which has such a system of perpetual clubs...
...melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year," - examinations soon will be upon us. The schedules were given out to-day in the various recitation rooms, and seem to give general satisfaction. In one or two cases, however, there is too much crowding; some men having three examinations in two days...
...other departments of the university. The self-sacrifice of Professor Hill in his devotion to his work is recognized and appreciated by all. The enthusiasm of the younger members of the English department has served as a strong incentive to many more than those few who have come into personal relations with them. And it is therefore no exaggeration to say that, when due consideration is given to the time and pains bestowed upon themes and forensic work, upon required rhetoric and the commencement parts, the work accomplished by Professor Hill and his assistants has been extraordinary. Our correspondent ought...