Word: grave
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Conference was held in Statesville. One of the clergyman thus describes it : "On our way from Charlotte to States-ville, while the train waited at Davidson College station, there was a scene of rowdyism such as rarely has been my misfortune to witness. ON board were several ladies and grave ministers on their way to the Conference. A number of students came aboard, and took possession of the aisle of the car and some seats, and for ten or fifteen minutes showed themselves off in the most unenviable manner. Some of them were oddly dressed, and all seemed...
Much excitement was caused in Baltimore a few days ago by the discovery of an attempt by students of the University of Maryland to rob a grave in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The attempt was discovered by the cemetery watchmen about midnight and the students were chased some distance, but made good their escape. No arrests have yet been made...
...preceded the hearse and the mourners followed both in entering and leaving the chapel. The service was by Dr. Peabody and the music was under the charge of Mr. Locke. After the ceremony, the procession drove to Mount Auburn where the remains were placed in a tomb near the grave of Count Pourtales. At the grave a short prayer was offered...
...that the flowing bowls of punch and other mellowing refreshments which the various classes have been accustomed, more majorum, to provide for their entertainment on commencement day, were no longer to be tolerated. Hence there was a wailing among the festive portion of the alumni, and among the more grave and reverend portion of the graduates as well, for the alumnus, whatever his cloth, who did not take kindly to a glass of punch with a classmate on the occasion of these annual reunions, ranked as a phenomenon in the traditions of Cambridge. The most pronounced temperance devotee rather chose...
...matter that was never brought before it, I do not see, especially since a quartette has never yet been a part of its organization. With regard to the duties of the Glee Club to the college, and those of the college toward the Glee Club, I must make a grave general charge against the college. Musically speaking it is at the lowest ebb of indifference. Not to speak of the neglect of the musical opportunities afforded by Boston, the number of students attending Mr. Henschel's concerts in Sanders itself was disproportionately small; while the concerts which Prof. Paine arranged...