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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...view of the broad veranda, and in one corner a tall graceful aisle of pines "Pines of Elmwood." The etching of Longfellow's house is less original, merely giving the front view we know so well. Lastly there are "Morning in the River" and "Evening in the River," the former a sweep of the stream below the Casino, looking out towards the sun; the latter, a westerly view showing the shore in dark shadow under the sunset...
...society seems to have fallen away from its original purpose and in literary character was lost. From that time, the regular meetings were devoted to whist and other games. The theatricals were still kept up, but they seem to have lost their former prestige...
...Harvard had reached her position of sublime indiffer erence or inanity-call it what you will-and that no one now a-days would attempt any such energetic movement as is threatened upon these ancient landmarks. May they always remain placed as they are now, sacred mementos of our former greatness...
...report has reached us that the reason why Andover forfeited the games with our eleven lay in the fact that she was persuaded by certain friends that the Harvard eleven favored Exeter and would smash the life out of Andover in order to give the former school a better chance in the contest with the latter. Such a report as this deserves no refutation, but the cause of it is perhaps deeper than would appear at first glance. That athletic boys are persuaded to renounce their choice in choosing a college is well known, but this means appears...
...next nine days. Most of the men in the rush line are really phenomenal players, but still they cannot play the whole game any more than a crack battery can win a championship for a poor base ball nine. Pratt and Wallace are to be the end rushers. The former was substitute in the '87 crew, and the latter has made a great reputation during the last two seasons by demonstrating that he could hold his own against two of the strongest men Harvard and Princeton could put against him. Corbin, the gigantic centre rush, is the heaviest...