Word: guests
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their kindly scheme to take off his coat and assume a club cap. "Now, keep your eye on me and try to keep time." said the captain. "You'll never, never make an oarsman, unless you watch the stroke." "I'll do the best I can, gentlemen," said the guest, meekly. "I'm always willing to improve." The boat went down towards Hunter's Point, a couple of miles at an easy three-quarter stroke, the newcomer pulling away manfully with the rest, and when they eased off to turn back they were surprised to observe that the stranger...
...found necessary to devise a substitute for them as a preventive of disorder. In the opening words of a recent editorial the Oberlin Review furnishes us a hint which immediately suggests such a substitute. "A few years since," says the Review, "the president of a neight, the guest of prominent citizens. He saw the large number of people that were upon the streets and inquired how large a police force the town had. "None, whatever," was the reply. 'But how are all these students kept in order?" was the next question. 'We have ladies in the institution.' The influence...
...Easter week next, upon the 16th, 17th and 18th April, 1884, and to invite delegates from the most celebrated universities, colleges, and learned societies in the world, to be present, on the occasion. We, the undersigned, therefore respectfully invite the Harvard Colleges to send a representative to be the guest of the University of Edinburgh during the days before mentioned...
...University of Edinburgh, which will hold its tercentenary celebration in April, has sent an invitation to Columbia College to have a representative present who shall be a guest of the university...
Ramabhai, the Sanscrit poetess, is at present the guest of the philologist, Max Muller, at Oxford, England. She is perhaps the first learned Brahmin who has ever crossed the ocean. She is a descendant of the ancient Brahmin family, Sandilya. Her correct pronunciation of the Sanscrit, and the astonishing ease, with which she composes and recites Sanscrit verses in the most difficult metre, is a marvel...