Word: fondly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been brought to our notice that very little interest has been shown thus far by the freshmen in the Shooting Club. This club, it seems to us, offers great attractions to men who are fond of handling a gun and among the large number of men in the freshmen class there must be many who aspire to become sharp-shooters. It is the custom to arrange a match with the University of Pennsylvania team in the spring and this shoot has always been one of the interesting events of the year. Besides this match ample opportunity is given for practice...
WANTED, a tutor to live in my family in New Hampshire, and teach a boy of 9 years two or three hours a day. The tutor must be fond of Natural History. WM. JAMES, 18 Garden St., Cambridge...
There is among Americans a notable fondness for high-sounding names, not clearly comprehended, but forced to do service as ministers to vanity. In this service some have been racked beyond the limits of endurance. Perhaps none have suffered more than the ill-fated "university." The best of our colleges are as yet not equal to the true universities of England and Germany; but in spite of this we dub every little college with the awe-inspiring title of university, and then stand off and gaze at our work in fond admiration; and, in name at least. we place...
...Glee Club concert, which came the night before, and the class Germans, which were held the night after the promenade, only added to the pleasures of that event, and all combined to make the week one to be long remembered with fond associations. The Pot Pourri made its annual appearance last Wednesday and surprised us with a new and handsome cover. Among the new illustrations the most prominent are cuts of the eleven, Glee Club, Banjo Club, and the new Cloister building, now in process of erection. The junior appointment list has been published and includes eighty-four...
...characteristic of the well known authors. The second article is a chapter on Church History-the relationship of church and state in the United States. Thought rather a compiler subject, it is (?) into what the church constitutionally is, its rights and restrictions. A paper well worth reading by those fond of state history is : "Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio-their admission into the Union." A short sketch of the political life of Daniel Webster is of more than passing moment, followed by a paper on "Historical Grouping," by the eminent historian, James Schouler. The rest of the magazine is devoted...