Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...music, take the chorus to "The Man that Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo," which has an inspiring swing, and which, thanks to the itinerant hurdy gurdy is familiar to all. For the words the following doggerel...
Stevenson's St. Ives (Scribner) is a most entertaining story of adventure, not as stirring, perhaps, as Treasure Island and some others, yet with enough mishaps and narrow escapes to keep up the interest throughout. The style is that of the hero (who tells his own story) buoyant, sparkling, familiar...
...would suggest that the officers of the four college classes, institute themselves as a committee, to see what could be done to arrange such a meeting. Let them have a number of prominent speakers present who would be familiar with University Club schemes. Have one man speak on the advantages of Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, another on the practicability of a similar club at Cambridge, and let a third express the feeling of the graduates on the matter, the undergraduates would at intervals express their own feeling). Have the Glee Club present to lead the united College...
...place at centre. Sullivan was on the field but did not join in the plays and Cozzens also had recovered sufficiently to play at half on the second. All of the time was devoted to running through the codes, in order that the backs might become more familiar with them and to strengthening the individual play of the line men. For this reason the plays went slowly and particular attention was paid to formation and to getting each man in the proper place...
There is a fact connected with this fall's work in rowing which is of considerable interest to any one familiar with Harvard boating last year. The members of last spring's Weld crew, are, almost without exception, rowing with the 'Varsity squad. They are of course still far from being finished oarsmen, but they have been rewarded for their steady training in the scrub crew, by being given the opportunity to profit by 'Varsity coaching. It is even possible that some of them may row on the 'Varsity in the spring...