Word: harding
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...difficult for the college writer to find worthy objects for his wit, and nearly as difficult to carry through that wit consistently to the end. Since the readers of the college journals are for the most part educated, and since witty writings to please such a class are very hard to compose, the contributors to the college journals, after they have learned by experience the difficult nature of such productions, cease to attempt them, believing they are impracticable...
...over the country from Washington. Any tribute that we could pay to his integrity, industry, and ability would be quite uncalled for in the light of his world-wide fame. He graduated in 1830, without a high rank in his class, having devoted his time, it is said, to hard reading instead of the required work of the College course. He was a member of the Hasty Pudding and Porcellian Clubs; and as one of his classmates has said, all that distinguished him while in college, from his fellows, was his knowledge of literature and his skill in boxing...
...possesses two prime donne, one of them, Miss Kellogg, ranking deservedly among the three or four great soprani; in lighter roles, such as "Marta" and "Zerlina," her success is unbounded, while as "Lucia" and "Margherita," her rendering has improved-vastly within the last three years, much that seemed hard and artificial having disappeared. Her fine voice, if in any way changed, has gained somewhat in power, while still retaining the same wonderful facility of execution and sweetness of tone. Mme. Van Zandt has not sung in Boston for some years, and during her absence has gained immeasurably in every respect...
...correspondents take what they suppose to be the minority side of the question, and present arguments in opposition to the proposed vacation. We transcribe a few of the leading ones, disclaiming any responsibility for their value. It is argued that the alleged need of rest to the "hard-working undergraduate" is overestimated, and that even if true of some, they are a small minority of the whole number. That the advantages of a vacation would not benefit the large number who spend their Saturdays and Sundays at home, nor those who live at a great distance. To these latter...
...tell the tale; though hard to bear...