Word: grave
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last lecture in English 8 1, a point which has struck me as but little short of ludicrous is the seriousness with which the whole affair has been taken. I can imagine nothing more gratifying to those who played the trick than to see students and instructors gravely discussing the moral aspects of an affair, which, when the worst has been granted, is nothing but a "Freshman trick." When a newspaper in all solemnity declares that "the cheek of every true Harvard man should blush for shame" for such an occurrence, and that such conduct threatens the very existence...
...subscription for the general good. As "Ninety-eight" said in the CRIMSON of the 21st inst., "hang out the blue-books, and give us a chance to contribute our share of the money while yet in college." A University Club, well appointed and well managed would lay in its grave forever that ghost called "Harvard Indifference...
Brief Proper.I. Annual elections have grave defects. A. Their frequency presents dangers. (1) The work must be left to professional politicians and bosses. (a) Few of the best men can actively participate. (2) Constantly recurring elections breed neglect of issues. (a) In off-years half the registered voters do not vote in Massachusetts. (b) On the average only 67 per cent. vote in Massachusetts. (c) In representative biennial election states 80 per cent, and over vote. (E. H. Haskell, Biennial Elections, p. 13.) B. They are expensive. (1) $148,000 is spent on a single election. (Mr. Winn, Boston Traveller...
...temples,- the Parthenon, built by Pericles; the old temple of Athena, which Dr. Dorpfeld himself discovered and named; and finally the Erechtheum, that most beautiful of the buildings of ancient Athens. The well-known Porch of the Maidens, or Caryatids, he believes to have been the approach to the grave of Cecrops...
...probable, however, the slips will not be put into the ground till early spring. Mr. Wells, chairman of the committee, in speaking on the matter, said the Winthrop ivy will be planted close beside that from the grave of General Law, and, as the vines grow together, they will typify the wish of every loyal Yale man for a union in spirit of the North and South, and a blow at any attempt to create sectionalism in any form among Yale alumni and undergraduates...