Word: facings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...stock,-a new eye shade, the inventor of which claims that it cannot heat the eyes, nor tire the face. It does not rest upon the ears, is adjusted to any angle, and its very slight weight is felt only at the back of the head. Price 25c., retail...
...make men vain, but only the good begining of something which they intend to make better. Harvard is still growing. It has a future as well as a past, and the most remarkable things about its life to-day is the pluck, the true grit, with which its sons face the music of the present...
Near Memorial Hall was recently set a charming statue of John Harvard. The young clergyman sits in his chair, his pulpit robe thrown around hime, his book open on his knee, his thin face and tranquil, hopeful eyes turned toward the western sky. He is thinking of the days that are to be. He hears nothing of the vigorous tide of life now flowing round his chair. He knows nothing of past success or present attainment. His face shows no trace either of self-distrust or of self-satisfaction. But the quiet unconsciousness with which his trustful hope looks toward...
...that this success will only stimulate the class to add two more victories in the spring and thus win an unrivalled record. Too much praise cannot be given to the team for their splendid work Saturday. The game was won in spite of the odds which Harvard had to face. It was played at New Haven, where there is every facility for rattling a team, and the cheering of the plucky little crowd of Harvard men was but a drop in comparison with the sea of Yale cheers. The members of '91 who preferred to stay at home...
...tale with a moral, it is one of the most powerful and interesting stories ever written. It is the life of a Gloucester fisherman who, inheriting a taste for rum, rapidly follows the downward course, and ends by killing his wife and himself, leaving a little child to face the world alone. No story could be more sad and pathetic. In it are clearly shown the influence of a good woman and the susceptibility of even hardened men to it. Few can read such a story without being firmly convinced of the necessity of meeting the men of the lower...