Word: interests
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...read the article through, and decided upon my subject. This is certainly local, too local, I fear, but it may have that "peculiar" interest so desirable in a college paper, at least to some of my fellow-students...
...constructing a table of contents for a paper on the approved plan, largely suggested by those of a paper already published here, if not read. This must be made up of articles that have a connection with the College, with the life, studies, and the aforesaid events of interest. It might run as follows: Imprimis, a reprint of the bulletin-board, then a few remarks on college prayers; after which we might have a few lines of poetry on "My Love," or "The Fading Daisy," - for poetry is allowed a license in this matter that makes me think the author...
...limit this glorious reform to college journalism? Surely, if college students can only write well on "articles that have a connection with the college," etc., it would seem to follow that they could only talk well on the same subjects. The entrancing interest of society under these conditions may be imagined...
...Oxford and Cambridge Journal notices a case which has recently figured in the Cambridge police-courts. It appears that an undergraduate named Linklater borrowed certain sums of money from a man named Sanderson at the moderate interest of 300 per cent. As Linklater lived very fast, and as his allowance was moderate, he was unable to pay Sanderson's account when it was presented. The matter was allowed to rest for some time, and finally Linklater showed a disposition to break his agreement, on the ground that he was a minor at the time he made it. Sanderson thereupon alleged...
...second in favor of Mr. Morgan. This necessitated a third round, which was won by Mr. Morgan. The bouts which followed between Messrs. Seymour and Hall were extremely exciting. Both gentlemen proved themselves to be well skilled in sparring, and the applause which followed fully testified to the interest and appreciation of the spectators. Mr. Seymour was declared the winner...