Word: farness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...response to the second call for candidates for the Freshman crew, 153 men presented themselves yesterday afternoon at the rowing room of the Gymnasium. Of these, 109 came out at the first call on November 2. The total number of men is by far the largest that ever came out for a class crew, the number last year being under a hundred. Captain Goodrich addressed the candidates, briefly outlining the work of the next few weeks. The regular work which will be very light until after Christmas, will begin on Monday...
...book is its title,- "Harvard Episedes." A book with this title is sure to be taken by the outside public as more or less representive of Harvard life. As a matter of fact, it is representative of only "a very little corner" thereof, and represents this corner in a far from attractive light. With the exception of Haydock, all the characters are unmanly, snobbish, morbid or unhappy. That such characters exist in every college class is of course undeniable, but they are, after all, not typical of this University or, let us hope, of any other...
...Yale Glee and Banjo Clubs in their Christmas itineracy will go as far west as Denver, Colorado...
...line of literature, Swift, Johnson and Carlyle stand out pre-eminently for their personalities; and Johnson's place in this list is due chiefly to the very excellent picture Boswell has given of him. Macaulay never admired Boswell, claiming that he was simply a good reporter, but he was far more more than that, and his life of Johnson is surely the best biography ever written in English, probably the best ever written in any language. It seems rather remarkable in the face of this very successful and personal biography, that Boswell was with Johnson only 278 days during...
...play did not win the admiration it deserved, "Athalie," in fact was far ahead of its time, it was written for posterity. The protagonist never appears. The real hero is never seen, for that hero is Jehovah the God of the Hebrews working through the agency of the High Priest...