Word: comely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cambridge and the Oxford University eights row daily on the Thames in practice for the annual race, which will come off March 24th. All conjectures as to the winners have been based upon the form shown up in the practice work, and according to the latest tidings Cambridge is the favorite with the betting men at 2 to 1 against. The make-up of the crews, according to the latest advices, is as follows...
...CRIMSON feels called upon again to complain of the men who are tardy at recitations. Some men always come in late. From five until fifteen minutes after the bell rings, they come in, creeping stealthily if it is a first offense, or tramping noisily if it is habitual. This is very annoying to the instructor, as well as distracting to those men who feel enough interest to be on hand when the work begins. The five minutes allowed after the bell rings are surely long enough to permit a man to walk from anyone of the college buildings...
Society and athletics are distinct interests; they should not clash, but go hand in hand. They are both of the utmost importance to the college, and both should be put on the same plane. We think the time has now come when this equality is no longer a matter of conjecture, but a certainty...
FRESHMAN GLEE CLUB.- Rehearsal in 9 Holyoke at 7 o'clock this evening. Every one must come without fail to rehearse a new song...
...kinds of immortality mentioned by the poet only the one which he thought most doubtful, namely his own reputation, still endures. We have no evidence that his friend had a son, and the sonnets have not preserved for us his name or even his appearance. The words "Time will come and take my love away" have indeed proved truly prophetic...