Word: grails
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Dates: during 1885-1885
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...CRIMSON nine and crew, is officially awarded by the action of the Lampoon and Advocate the inter-press championship in foot-ball. The eleven stands by this declaration suns peur et sans reproche. It is yet a matter of doubt whether there will be another quest of the Holy Grail, as the feeling has been expressed that in a contest on paper, there should be "no cups;" but when defeat has lost its sting and success presents no victory, even the wisest may well be in doubt as to the proper course to pursue. While then we accept with great...
...printed in the Advertiser and Record of Saturday, was replete with local hits, and the applause with which it was received by the class, showed how well it was appreciated. The oration was delivered by Mr. J. H. Huddleston, who took for his text, the legend of the Holy Grail, and from it laid down sage precepts for the guidance of eighty-six. Mr. A. P. Gardner, the toast master, called upon the following gentlemen to respond to toasts: "Eighty-six," Mr. Barnes; "The Junior Year," Mr. T. T. Baldwin; "Politics," Mr. Merriam; "The Junior Crew," Mr. Roberts; "Forensics...
...Great Smoky Mountains," and the "Country Gentleman" all increase in interest. Among the articles of a more solid nature are an account of the revival of interest in antique sculpture after the neglect of the Dark Ages, by William Shields Liscomb, under the title of "The Quest for the Grail of Ancient Art;" a second paper of Madame Mohl's Salon; and an article on "Vernon Lee," by Harriet W. Preston. Dr. Holmes's charming papers are continued. Bradford Torrey contributes a pleasant paper on "Winter Birds about Boston." "A Sheaf of Sonnets," by Helen Gray Cone, and verses...