Word: downes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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At the Harvard Banquet in Philadelphia on Thursday last, Wayne McVeagh, Yale, '53, said,- "My presence here reminds me of Mr. Evarts' little girl who was in the country, and who begged him to send down her donkey. When the donkey arrived, she wrote as follows: 'Dear Papa: the donkey...
There is, however, another department of university growth, which is a more important element in true university prosperity. The position of a college depends greatly on the stamp of the average student. That college which attracts the ambitious, zealous young men of our country will, in the future, be the...
Says President Bartlett of Dartmouth, "We believe in government by the faculty." Coming from President Bartlett, such a statement perhaps is not surprising. In hearing it, one is led to think of all the great tyrants of history, who in their lives-if not in actual words-have said, "We...
About 30 members of the Bicycle Club, with their invited guests, sat down to the annual club dinner at Young's, last evening. The guests were President Thurber, of the Brown University Bicycle Club, and Mr. Morrison, '83, late president of the Harvard Bicycle Club. When the cigars were lighted...
Some time ago we were informed that the proper support was not given the Advocate to insure its success. Then came the news that the Lampoon was in a similarly crippled condition. Such a condition of affairs as this is entirely uncalled for, and should not be endured. That the...