Word: graphic
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Forest (Ill.) University says that institution is trying to become the Yale or Harvard of the West, and is now "in the condition of a great ship with all her sails spread and the sailors at their posts, but remaining still for need of wind." This leads the wicked Graphic to comment: "This is the first case recorded in which a fresh-water college has remained still for lack of wind...
Student-duelling in Germany shows no sign of dying out. Among the Berlin University students the practice is increasing to a dangerous extent and, moreover, often results seriously. Moreover, besides the usual Schlager-fechten, numerous duels with swords and pistols are fought in the suburbs. - [London Graphic...
...congratulate the new board of the Amherst Student on the general excellence of their first issue. The condensed novel, under the title of "Farewell, Dearest," is the brightest thing of the kind we have seen since the Graphic's "History of Boston...