Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Harvard Glee Clubs have been invited to give a grand concert at the Academy of Music, New York, for the benefit of the Associated Charities of New York city. If the arrangements can be made successfully, each club will sing three or four numbers of the programme. After the concert the Harvard Glee Club will be the guests of the Harvard Club of New York...
...necessary to decide the bout, was greeted with applause, and a moment later both men appeared on the floor. Austin was the fresher of the two. He rushed Ashe throughout this round, successfully leading almost every time with his left. Ashe was game to the last and made a grand fight, but the punishment had been too much for him. The round was decidedly in Austin's favor. The announcement of the decision that the bout had been awarded to Austin was greeted with storms of applause, which did not cease until, after some delay, the winner came...
...grand ball for the benefit of Boston and Cambridge letter-carriers will be given on April 22nd. Tickets may be procured of "Billy" the postman...
...grand torchlight procession of the strikers on the horse-car railroad, which was awaited with so much eagerness by the students, occurred last night. Instead of 5000 men in line there were scarcely half that number. A few of the Knights carried torches, others had transparencies bearing inscriptions, such as "Justice," "Anti-Monopoly," "We Own the Streets," "The Ballot is Our Only Weapon," etc. There was very little disturbance, and only one man arrested, the cause of some excitement...
...pond three feet deep in the very midst of the path. Be this as it may, the college authorities have at last awakened to the fact that it would be cheaper to lay board walks than to hire a fleet of gondolas for the rest of the winter. This grand stroke of economic policy has long been awaited by the students, and now enmasse they thank the powers who have fulfilled their desires. Hereafter, we trust there will be no need of wearing rubber boots on warm, sunshiny winter days when the snow and ice are rapidly melting...