Word: facings
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...white-hot conviction which once made it both the light and warmth of the soul," as Mr. Lowell defines it. But however this may be in regard to religion and such indifferent matters, one cannot be so sure of a college man's hatred of cant when he comes face to face with something in regard to which his prejudice or his passion may be excited. It is for this reason that I wish to offer an apology, if in the following I should seem to speak irreverently of old college articles of faith and of customs springing from them...
...moral tone of the average undergraduate, but our enthusiastic President's expectation seems actually to have been realized. Thus far the greatest order and decorum have prevailed amongst the students (though the hall does not seem to have had so beneficial an effect upon the negroes), and the quizzical face of Nicholas Boylston and the stern countenance of John Adams have not yet been improved by the addition of a pat of butter. Indeed, if the moral improvement had not shown itself from the opening of the hall, the behavior of the students would have to be attributed...
...exchange table is covered with the accumulations of the summer, and where so many await notice, it seems difficult to give the preference to any. We see the familiar face of Old and New, - an old friend, but a new exchange, - nor are we slow to recognize the Atlantic, Every Saturday, and others. Deferring an extended notice of these to some future time, we turn to our college exchanges. Thinking that the feeling current among the different colleges with regard to the contests at Saratoga may be of interest, we print a few of the most striking passages...
...face was white and mignon...
...smiling face, thine eyes, thy form...