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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...tried another door, and was let in. "Good evening. I am come to ask you whether you would subscribe to the Crimson," and, mindful of my first visit, added an explanation. "It is one of the college papers you know. I have just received eight subscription from your classmates over...
PROFESSOR GOODALE gave last Saturday, in Boston, the first of a series of six lessons to a Normal class in Botany. The class consists chiefly of teachers, and numbers over five hundred...
...first seven elected into the Signet from the class of '80 are as follows: W. S. Andrews, Carruth, Hanscom, Pennypacker, A. Perry, Ranlett, Weimer...
...urged that they do not receive enough attention, and are dependent upon chance coaches. Now the facts in this case are these, that Captain Bancroft has coached them whenever he could spare the time, and when he has been prevented from doing this, other members of the first eight have taken his place. It seems as if the men who are now rowing in the University Crew ought to know enough about pulling an oar to coach the second eight and coach them well. At any rate the second eight are doing good work, and the only thing to complain...
...time went on, George became more popular instead of less so. This is in dead opposition to all the authorities on the subject, I know; the bad men who have a brilliant success at first always ought to fall after a year or two, but George's popularity did n't wane worth a cent. He was elected President of lots of societies, and was looked up to with adoration...