Word: irises
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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John Ferguson, a rugged old Iris farmer with pure faith in the Biblical doctrine of "turn the other cheek, awaits the destiny which God has is store for him. Neither the impending loss of the house in which he has live all his life, nor the assault on his daughter...
...verse of this number is notable. Hermann Hagedorn has a sure and practiced touch. His "America to Europe" says much in its fourteen lines and closes with the memorable phrase: "And that to live at ease may be to die." Arthur Ficke has put into his "Irises" the sound of the "Passing water of the cool stream, Coming from afar," and leaves a faint impression of a passion for which the real Iris would be no solace. Augustus Lord's "By Autumn Seas" is a manly utterance on the old theme of world desolation and the comfort of "Love...
The University eight changed boats today, the Bacon shell in which the last two Yale races were rowed, being tried instead of the Iris III used in the triangular race. This change will probably be permanent.
All the crews rowed up-stream to the Brighton Bridge and returned immediately. The University crew went out in the shell, Iris II, which was presented by Walter Baylies '84, last spring. The new Bacon boat, the first Baylies boat, given in 1908, and the Crowninshield were used by the...