Word: keeps
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Alumni dinner in 1874, the first that was held in Memorial Hall, the question was discussed as to whether the erection of a hall here at college to commemorate those who had fallen in the late war would tend to keep alive the unpleasant recollections of the war, and whether Southern men would be debarred by it from the University...
...desire to become members of the Chess Club are requested to send their names to the Secretary, Holyoke 42. It is hoped that some good players can be found in '79 to keep up the interest in the club...
...feel that a large part of the lack of interest is caused by the unfortunate choice of subjects. Undoubtedly, to the fledgling's eye, there is something very picturesque and poetic in a fading daisy, but as long as your readers refuse to see it, you had better keep your lucubration in your portfolio...
...initiate an impromptu baby-show, was simply ridiculous. However, a pleasant relief was afforded those persons who failed to greet the performance with that enthusiasm which was undoubtedly the correct thing to feel, by the introduction of music between every scene. This was gratefully received, and served to keep up the drooping spirits of the hearers until the close of the piece...
...very curious to notice its radical difference from any system known to European civilization. The fundamental rule was, "Let thy thoughts and thy purposes be hidden from the world"; and based upon this were many others, such as, "Glorify thyself, and the world shall glorify thee"; "Keep thine eye open, thy hand ready, and thy mouth shut"; "Revile no man before his face, neither speak ill of him that is more powerful than thyself"; "Bow down before the great and the strong, and let the poor and the weak bow down before thee"; "Smile upon the face of thine enemy...