Word: english
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...view of the success of the French and German clubs, steps have been taken to form an English society. We hope it will receive the hearty support it deserves...
...parting advice to them is expressed in terse and vigorous English...
...union there is strength, the social muscles of the University are developing finely. A number of new societies have been announced recently, and now two more are on the carpet. (The English Club has forsworn all foreign tongues...
...First, that a man be employed to be constantly at the boat-house, whose duty it shall be to help members with their boats, to take proper care of boats after use, and to prevent all trespasses on the club premises; second, that the house receive a coat of English paint, of which it stands in need, at an estimated outlay of one hundred and ten dollars; and, third, that fresh water be introduced into the house for bathing purposes, and general comfort of members. The cost of this has been estimated at sixty dollars...
THERE would be a temptation to suggest that the oft-repeated quotations from Mr. Hughes's little speech in Massachusetts Hall had become somewhat stale, were it not to be said in excuse that there is as much occasion for our English visitor's criticism now as then. The one fact that the number who elect political economy this year is thirteen per cent less than last, shows that Mr. Hughes's words failed of the desired effect, notwithstanding their repetition by others till they had become quite threadbare. Granted that college graduates are too reluctant to enter public life...