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...Pharasaical "Ah, ha!" Papers of which the past existence and actions had been anything but religious, caught the infection and sneered at that of which they knew nothing, and having used their war-worn phrases, passed them on to the Bungtown Clarion and sheets of a like stamp which flourish on the plains of Texas. According to this highly tinted fiction, Harvard is a hot-bed of incipient Nihilism and irreligion. Let us look at the question of irreligion for a moment. The statement on its face is a reproach, if not an insult, to the parents and friends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Religion. | 1/20/1886 | See Source »

...Fitchburg Glee Club, which last year dragged through a precarious existence, has been started again, and bids fair to flourish vigorously this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/3/1884 | See Source »

...Columbia Veterinary College has, as we early predicted it would, closed its doors in the middle of a session. This institution began its career in 1880. It made quite a flourish, and soon succeeded in getting a respectable class in point of numbers; but if the facts were known its whole course would be shown to have been marked by continual discord. This feature has no doubt played a prominent part in bringing about its final collapse, which turned out of doors in the neighborhood of forty students who had paid their money for that which they will never...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/2/1884 | See Source »

...would show renewed interest in rowing and that increased subscriptions would flow in to cover the necessarily increased expenses of the club. Of course there may be objections to such a scheme, but if Yale can carry on such a system, it would seem strange that it could not flourish here, where we have more material and better accommodations for winter work. Even if the formation of a second eight be thought impracticable, the selection of a university "four" from the unsuccessful candidates for the university would still be possible and have almost as much effect in stimulating interest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/8/1883 | See Source »

While alkalies flourish and acids run free...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/13/1883 | See Source »

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