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Dates: during 1880-1889
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GERMAN A. Tutoring by a graduate, 84, summa cum laude. Address, E. L. DROWN, 23 Lawrence Hall, Brattle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 1/21/1888 | See Source »

...freshman class and the conduct of the nine. Although I heartily coinside with your correspondents of yesterday and the day before in condemning the action of the nine's supporters, still I see no reason why the members or any member of the nine itself should be run drown, simply because they did not succeed in defeating their opponents. I suppose it is natural for a nine to be condemned because it has suffered reverses; it is an almost universal, though most unfair, custom. But I see no reason why any particular man should be blamed because he failed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/21/1887 | See Source »

...April is a deceptive maid, and lures many an unsuspecting youth to an early grave by her enticing suggestions to lay aside the winter garments. It was only yesterday morning that a large choir of coughers sang an inharmonious accompaniment to the minister's words, and then attempted to drown out the voice of the heavy basses and the airy, melodious tones of the boy singers at chapel. In all earnestness, we must take more care of ourselves at this time of year, and not suffer an ignominious cold to seize upon us and make us miserable for the coming...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/3/1886 | See Source »

...central figure too great and awe-inspiring to be lost in the confusion of the scene. Lear's voice, whether in rage, madness or contrition, is so powerful that all the whisperings and wranglings around him seem but its tumultuous echoes. The accompaniment of incidental action does not drown the voice of his supreme passion; and thus is avoided that fault which appears in some of Shakspere's historical plays, where the medley of sentiments and incidents is such that we are bewildered as by a rumbling and unintelligible noise. In the great tragedies, except Lear, this element, although constantly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: King Lear. | 3/26/1885 | See Source »

...Philosophical Society from '84 is composed of the following men : Drown, Frothingham, Gates, Hawkins, Mumford, Saunders, Sexton, Smith. The officers are : President, L. E. Gates ; secretary, W. D. Smith...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 12/17/1883 | See Source »

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