Word: friendships
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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What does Nostaw do but hunt up a minister, drop one of his old friends, and take the minister into his confidence and friendship. What next? Nostaw has himself and a minister, and all he needs now for the marriage is Miss Crewel. He and the minister go to the fair one's relatives, tell them what an unsuitable man Mr. Colonel is in every particular, and finally influence them to kick Colonel out of the house on the occasion of his next call. A few days pass and Miss Crewel is hurried away in a carriage with Nostaw...
...first duty which devolves upon the senior class is a sad one. During the summer one of their number, W. A. Woodside, met with his death by drowning. It is sad to lose a classmate at any time, but particularly so during the Senior year when the donds of friendship are drawn closer together and the ties which bind us to our college life are more firmly united than ever before...
...although at first unskilled in military life, by their earnest and steadfast work soon geined the necessary knowledge, and generally proved able men than the greater part of the regular line greater part of the regular line commanders. The discipline of the volunteers was admirable, since a bond of friendship bound together men and officers. It is said, indeed, that only seven military executions took place among them, and although this is probably under-estimated, yet, the need of such severe measures was exceedingly rare...
Resolved, That in his loss they mourn the death of one of their most promising members whose mental attainments and social gifts gave him a high place in the admiration and aflectior of his class-mates, which time and longer friendship could only have strengthened and confirmed...
...bring with me the felicitations of three American universities, and their Godspeed to the older university here. We feel as strong as ever that blood is thicker than water. I warmly reciprocate-and feel that I am expressing the feelings of Americans in so doing-the expressions of friendship used at this banquet...