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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ample seating accommodations of the gymnasium were taxed to the utmost by the large audience which is invariably present at the winter sports. Among the faces in the graduates' seats were many that are familiar to the college men of to-day, while the presence of an occasional grey head served to show that the graduates of longer standing still retain their interest in the sports of their college days. Not withstanding the crowded condition of the gymnasium, the meeting was conducted, in the main, in a satisfactory way, with the exception of a few minor details, which will doubtless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Winter Meeting. | 3/16/1885 | See Source »

...Technology men, about 600 in number, in gowns and Oxford caps, of Grey and cardinal, presented a fine appearance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Procession. | 11/4/1884 | See Source »

...called freshman class, went to work last evening with a will which evening with a will which even the sanctity of old Boylston could not withstand Remembering the old saying, "A thing well begun is half done," the freshmen colleged like a flock of sheep before the cold grey steps of Boylston Hall, and there they patiently sat for nearly an hour, until the janitor of the building could be found and the key fitted to the door. Then the fun began. The freshman crowded into the hall, the sophomores crowded into the hall, and the juniors and seniors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Class Meeting. | 10/2/1884 | See Source »

...Greek will come, I hope, to be studied more rationally than at present; but it will be increasingly studied as men increasingly feel the need in them for beauty, and how powerfully Greek art and Greek literature can serve this need. Women will again study Greek, as Lady Jane Grey did. I believe that in that chain of forts, with which the fair host of the Amazons is engirding the English universities, I find that in the happy families of your mixed American universities out West, they are studying it already...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MATTHEW ARNOLD ON EDUCATION. | 3/25/1884 | See Source »

...appears to be very confident, relying on the "instinct for beauty" in all men, which is served best by Greek literature, that the study of Greek, becoming more rational in its methods, will go on in a constantly increasing degree. "Women will again study Greek as Lady Jane Grey did. I believe that in that chain of fords with which the fair host of the amazons is engirding the English universities, I find that in the happy families of your mixed American universities out West, they are studying it already." This is certainly a sanguine view. Hitherto Greek has seemed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/21/1884 | See Source »

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