Word: lasting
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...however, their principle of selection is declared right, and Amherst and Harvard still refuse to row, as no other college has entered a crew, the Yale Freshman will stand a pretty good chance of coming in ahead." Yes, neighbor Courant, and the boating world would never hear the last of the glorious victory achieved, against the most frightful odds, by the stout Yale Freshman at Springfield...
...Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." This is a remark which was on one occasion made by W. Shakespeare, who has since died. Some have playfully applied S.'s remark to our friend, saying that he belongs to the first and last of these classes. Those can understand the application of this best, who are acquainted with the reasons which led to his being named Skiapous...
Ever even till the last...
...Class-Day Concert, last Tuesday, of the Pierian Sodality and Glee Club was a remarkably successful one. The Pierians, it seemed to us, played quite as well as at the previous concert this year, and the Glee Club never sang better. The successes of the evening were Keler Bela's "On the Rhine" waltzes, the encore to which was the now well-known "Inman Line" march and Titt'l's "Serenade," in which the flute and cornet parts were rendered with an accuracy and delicacy too seldom found in amateurs...
...unwilling to present this, the last number of the first volume of the Magenta, to our readers unaccompanied by our hearty thanks for their support, so quickly rendered at first, and so steadfastly maintained. By their approval the financial position of the paper has been rendered satisfactory for this year, with a bright future in prospect. From this fact we are tempted to believe that we have succeeded, to a degree, in carrying out the plan for the paper's conduct laid down in the first number. Our contributors, although few in number as compared with the men in college...