Word: facts
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wrong place, I was successful, - a result which I had expected would give me a great deal of pleasure. But when I came to compare my feelings after finding Kars with my state of mind before its discovery, I could not perceive that I felt any happier. In fact, I did not feel so happy; for now, whenever I heard any one mention Turkey, I had an insane desire to talk too. The natural and melancholy result was a mortifying exhibition of my ignorance. Truly, thought...
...abolishment of the rush around the tree; then the tree exercises themselves were attacked severely by those who thought all such exhibitions boyish in the extreme; the office of chaplain was dropped or resumed at the pleasure of the particular class; and each year has made more evident the fact that Class Day is enjoyable, not because of its literary exercises, or because of its class-tree exercises, but because of the social enjoyment which the day affords, - in a word, the spreads and the dancing are Class Day. Whether there will be spreads and dancing this year still remains...
...have heard some dissatisfaction expressed at the tedious delays that took place between the races on Saturday. Those who complain may not always remember that much of the delay is occasioned by the fact that some men are entered for two consecutive races; and these men can hardly be expected to step from one boat into the other without some rest. Still the time that intervened between two successive races was, in nearly every case, unnecessarily long. We should like to call the attention of the several captains to this point in the races to-day; as we feel sure...
LAMENTING the fact that the cities of Montpelier and St. Albans send so few students to college, the Montpelierian says: "We venture to say that the number could be counted on the fingers of one's hands, and then there would be enough left so he could eat in an emergency." If the Niagara Index should see this statement, it would try to prove that higher education tends to cannibalism as well as suicide. The Montpelierian gives the following charming picture: "Our campus, out of study hours, is covered with base-ball players and croquet matches, and our reverend Professors...
...moment the presence of mind of Sir Guy saved the day, no serious casualty occurred. Mr. Urquhart made a very pretty girl, and Mr. Wright an imposing queen. Darnley's part was played gracefully and well, and that of the rollicking King of the French admirably taken; and in fact, all did so well that to particularize would be unjust. The airs were a little old; but, altogether, Seventy-nine may congratulate themselves on having successfully presented a bright and amusing play before an audience even fuller and more "swell" than these theatricals generally have. We notice that Mr. Grant...