Word: manly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...William N. McVickar, D. D., who preaches in the chapel to-morrow evening, is rector of the church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia. He is the successor of Dr. Phillips Brooks in the rectorship of that church. Dr. McVickar is described as being a man of commanding presence and of wonderful intellect...
...When a man is preparing for the examinations, he is naturally anxious to get some idea of the sort of papers the various instructors are accustomed to set before their classes, so that he may be able to turn his labors to the best account. This has been recognized by the authorities at the library to a certain extent, and recent papers have been collected and bound for use in the reading room; but for some reason the assortment is by no means as complete as it should be. The mid-year papers have not been kept for the past...
WILL the following men be at the gymnasium ready to row at half-past two, sharp: Weed, Smith, Hunt, Travers, Duffield, Chase, Lathan, Jones and Thomas; and the following at three o'clock, sharp: Watriss, Goddard, Rantoul, Hubbard, Porter, Steed man, Dewey and Cheeney...
Fidelia is a not very successful attempt to imitate the old English "Spectator" style of two centuries ago. The most interesting article in the number is Mr. Warren's "Oxford to a Harvard Man." It is merely a sketch of a ramble through the old university town but it contains an entertaining account of the boating life of the university and a charming description of Magdalen College with its quaint old buildings and curious customs The college feeling at Oxford is well contrasted with the class and university feeling here. The article is brightly written, but is marred by errors...
...there are two short sketches-"Moods and Music," and "At the Harvard Assembly." The first savours of that quality which the examiners of freshman third hour themes call "fine writing;" the second is a lively description of an assembly as seen through the eyes of a "solemn, disgruntled little man...