Word: maters
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...convinced of the truthfulness of the reports concerning it. The beauty of the Hall, moreover, is far from being unappreciated by those who are privileged to take their meals there, and all members of the College, past and present, are naturally proud of this new acquisition of their Alma Mater...
...conclusion, the writer hopes that no one will mistake the motives that lead him to speak as he has done. The evils mentioned are by no means incurable, and will not, he trusts, go long uncured; and our Alma Mater herself teaches us that they should be cured. In giving to her undergraduates and alumni so fine a dining-hall, she surely teaches them to make the dinners in some measure correspond, and in their hands she leaves the power...
...attractions of Amherst College as enumerated in the Student are such as to make us tremble for the future of our own Alma Mater. The new College Church, "just finished at a cost of $70,000," is a "beautiful building with a chime of bells in the tower," and is "designed exclusively for Sabbath worship." The town, though small, possesses some of the finest religious edifices in the State, and the Mt. Holyoke Ladies' Seminary, as well as another "College for Ladies, is near at hand. "Board can be obtained for $3.50 a week, or a little more"; and that...
...many years' standing, who was talking about the associations of college rooms and their influence on a young man's character, said that he thought that, whenever an opportunity occurred for honoring some one who had become very distinguished and had earned a special tribute from his Alma Mater, an oil painting of him should be hung in the rooms he had occupied, to be handed down from year to year as one of the permanent properties of that room. The present state of our finances would, however, make it necessary to find some less costly transmittendum to perpetuate...
...York" took place at Delmonico's on Friday evening, February 19. About a hundred graduates were present, and in many respects this dinner was the most successful event in the history of the Association. President Eliot was present, and responded to the first toast of the evening, "Alma Mater" Hon. John Bigelow replied for "American Literature"; and in response to the toast in honor of the Bench, Judge Holland mentioned a long list of Harvard graduates who had attained high judicial positions...