Word: loved
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most meritorious articles are the two stories, "A Mutual Fraud" and "After Twenty Years." The former is a clever tale of the trouble-beset course of true love, the love of one Alphonse for his Henrietta. The raconteur is a charming little blackeyed French woman with a penchant for English slang and flirting-and the result is a delicate piquancy and delightful vivaciousness of style which is seldom characteristic of Advocate stories. There are one or two slight errors in the use of words, but the plot is original, and the story, on the whole, is very creditable...
...Common Marriage" is a thoughtful character study and story of that not uncommon species of man who fancies himself in love with a pretty woman because he takes pleasure in the faint evasive perfume of her hair, in being on the same divan with her, in leaning against the same cushions, and in watching her quick breathing,-who goes a step farther and becomes engaged to her, recognizing his mistake, yet incapable of sufficient will-power and courage to make a clean breast of it and effectually to relieve the entanglement,-who takes the final step and becomes her husband...
...have heard a chorus of men's voices. On inquiry they would have learned that it was the 'varsity Glee Club serenading Dr. A. P. Peabody in honor of his eightieth birthday, which takes place today. This was not merely an ordinary serenade; it was a token of the love and esteem which the college feels towards its true friend and benefactor...
...this position which he held until ten years ago, that he rendered such invaluable service to the college. In all these years he was the close friend of the students, aiding them in their plans, helping them in their troubles, and setting that great example of personal love and devotion which the college has ever since endeavored to follow. Indeed it is Dr. Peabody's example most of all, perhaps, that is and has been of such value to us and to those before us. His absolutely simple and genuine way of doing things, both in his preaching...
...Peabody's work as a college preacher has been eminently successful. In 1881, while in the bloom of his work he layed down his charge to be taken up by younger hands. And yet Dr. Peabody is not old. Though his hair has turned white, his love and spirit for kind works are as fresh and young as ever. Since he resigned his position as preacher, he has been active in writing and translating, and now and then the college has the pleasure of listening to him in Appleton Chapel...