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...swaddling clothes--when the Yard was as full of characters as a Dickens novel. As early as the seventeenth century one Samuel Gibson had won the general esteem by sponsoring certain midnight parties at his dwelling to which students brought sundry turkeys, geese and other fowls from the neighbors' hen houses to be cooked. More than once the Overseers "sollemnly cautioned" the convivial host "of entertaining any of the students in his house, frequenting the Colledges, or drawing them otherwise into his company." All to no avail. The merry Samuel remained the center of extracurriculum activities until his death...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 2/25/1925 | See Source »

...hen, upon that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West of Tipperary | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

...Told a hen, "You're a wonderful creature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West of Tipperary | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

...hen he swept into Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Alarums & Excursions | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

...meeting at which students will be welcomed by officers of the University President Lowell will give the opening address, as has been the tradition at Freshman receptions, for many years. He will be followed by Professor Edward Caldwell Moore, chairman of the Board of Preachers: Professor Edwin Francis Gay. Hen '18, former Dean of the Business School and for four years editor of the New York Evening Post. Assistant Dean Edward Allen Whitney '17 in charge of the Freshman Class. and Robert Holbrook Hopkins '22. head proctor of Standish Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL HARVARD TO PLAY HOST TO FRESHMAN CLASS | 9/23/1924 | See Source »

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