Word: highlands
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...dinner to the crew of '81 was given at the St. James Hotel, last Friday evening. About forty gentlemen were present. Mr. Trenholm presided, and, in fact, was the only officer, the dinner being purely an informal one. The health of the crew was drunk with Highland honors, and was followed by twenty-seven cheers. Mr. Hammond and Mr. Brandegee responded. Congratulations were exchanged on the past, and hopes expressed for the future. Several other toasts were drunk, among them, "The Annex," and songs were given by various gentlemen. Altogether, the dinner passed off very enjoyably, and many gentlemen expressed...
...usual toasts were proposed. Mr. I. S. Whiting was called upon to respond for Alma Mater, and Mr. R. Sprague for the class; the latter toast, at Mr. Sprague's suggestion, was drunk with "Highland Honors." The toast to "The Ladies" was responded to by Mr. Godkin. Mr. C. R. Sanger responded for the committee. Mr. G. P. Upham was called upon to respond for the foot-ball eleven, and Mr. F. A. Barton for the base-ball nine. Mr. Brandegee, in his response for the crew, gave a brief description of the race last summer at Owasco Lake...
...FRESHMAN last week started out late in the evening to find 14 Highland Street and leave with the Dean an excuse from prayers for the rest of the year. "Never put off until to-morrow," eleventh hour...
...spirit, and the simple touching melody written to it many years ago by Silcher is much better adapted to its character, and will scarcely be superseded by this modern version. In the Scotch Symphony the orchestra was at its best. This tone-poem has all the wild picturesqueness of Highland scenery, and the quaint scherzo, especially, with its bagpipe melody, is very suggestive of its theme. As in the case of Brahms' first symphony, the several movements of this work were written at different periods of the composer's life, and yet the unity of thought and treatment is well...
...petitions asking the Highland Street Railway Company to run its cars to Cambridge have been signed by 2,950 citizens, and forwarded to the proper authorities...