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...entered college in '91 practically unknown. It may be truthfully said that at his death but seven years later, few were so universally known and loved by Harvard men. They will not permit his memory to fade, and among future generations the name of Marshall Newell will be respected and revered as it is today...
...little book called "Flowers that Never Fade," by F. B. Wiley (Boston, Bradlee Whidden), gives an account of the Ware collection of glass flowers in the University Museum, the history of their manufacture, and a biographical sketch of their maker...
...course of this opening speech the orator addressed the classes individually, but in this year of '65 he launched his boldest flight in welcoming the fairer part of the audience when he said: "Oh tenerae virgines graciles formosae: may the smiles never leave vestros lipsos; may the roses numquam fade ex vestris checkibus nec your bonnets numquam be larger nec your flouncibus be less...
...more day of trial and then the whole college will breath a sigh of relief at the thought that the examinations have vanished from the face of the earth. For a space of four months gradually the thought of blue-books and of misery will fade from men's minds and leave them fresh to encounter the Finals...
...famous one horse shay," sending the heels of the occupant high in the air and giving his cerebral system a violent shock. Some of them go to pieces, part by part, like an old wreck; first the arms, then the back, and finally one by one the legs fade away. Some of these noble old chairs are ruthlessly pulled apart by wanton freshmen, who in no wise regard antiquities, being so recent themselves...