Word: deathly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Just at this critical moment, when a change of domicile seems a question of life or death, the residence of the late Judge Fay, well-known in Cambridge, is offered to us at a reasonable price. The house is substantially built of brick, and, while it is large enough to allow for the present growth of the institution, it is so situated that additions could readily be made if desirable. Although a private dwelling, it has that touch of dignity which belongs to an old-fashioned house; and it can easily be adapted to the more general purposes...
...Willett, '88 of San Francisco has been called home by the sudden death of his mother...
...been a continual source of regret that so little is known about the founder of this college, John Harvard. Up to the present time the only things of importance known about him are his graduation from Cambridge in 1631. his arrival in this country in 1637, and his death by consumption in 1638. It appears also that he was ordained in the Church of England, but afterwards became a Dissenter...
...questions discussed by the society was, "Supposing the flavors superadded to a pig who came to his death by flagellation (per extremam flagellationem) was greater than that obtained by any other means, does this justify slaughtering him in this fashion?" Three speakers supported and four opposed the question, which was decided in the negative. The question "Ought foreign authors to be excluded from the privilege of securing copyright in this country?" was once discussed, and the vote was carried in the negative. Debate on the question "Was the Hartford Convention a measure deserving the reprobation of posterity," continued through...
...Club supports a president, captain, and sub-captain, and I fail to see why some one of these officers should not have called a run long before this. The opinion seems to prevail among members of the club, that if the management does not wake up this spring, the death of the Bicycle Club will be recorded next year...