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Word: fates (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...assignment of college rooms has taken place, and now there are, presumably, many undergraduates who are bitterly moaning their fate in being obliged to remain outside of the college buildings during their entire course. It seems doubly hard to fail to draw a room when the unfortunate applicant sees the long list of lucky sub freshmen who have been more fortunate than he. It is a fact that out of ninety six assignments of rooms, prospective members of the class of '90 drew forty-six. It seems to us that a system which allows nearly one-half of the rooms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/11/1886 | See Source »

...customs that formed prominent features in the old-time student life of Harvard have gradually been dropped and forgotten, and not a few of them merited the disuse into which they have fallen. One custom, however, which seems in a fair way to become extinct is worthy a better fate. It is extremely strange that our undergraduates should have abandoned so enjoyable a custom as that of singing in the yard. Old graduates express the utmost surprise when told that student singing is very seldom heard in the yard, and recall with pleasure their own college days, when any chance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/20/1886 | See Source »

...list of final examinations has been posted and is received with the usual comments, favorable or otherwise. The freshman looks upon this formidable list with hardly the awe which the mid-years inspired, yet there is far more of fate hidden in these cabalistic figures than the mid-years could possess. Aside from this, too, the freshman who gets through all his other examinations long before, will find a fatal trap for his detention in the Physics on the last day. In the position of this and the English C, that is, the junior English examinations, the faculty has shown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/17/1886 | See Source »

...fate of the prayer petition will be known soon. It is highly improbable that any further delay will be thrown in the way of its consideration. No satisfactory conjecture can be made as to the answer which the authorities may make to our reasonable requests, yet we feel that there is some ground to hope for favorable action on their part. Whether the petition be granted or not, we cannot see how it can possibly fail to have a marked effect. Drawn up by a body of undergraduates composed of "representative men" in the college world; signed by an overwhelming...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/24/1886 | See Source »

...there ever was a perfect performance, the rendering of the overture deserves to be called perfect. So vividly were Manfred's sorrows, his despair and noble defiance of fate brought before the listener that when the last low notes died away it seemed a shame that the illusion should be destroyed. Liszt's symphonic poem was given with the usual success, and seemed to be the most popular number on the programme...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Symphony Concert. | 2/12/1886 | See Source »

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