Word: means
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - There is something which stands in need of correction in one of the many "Clubs" now existing at Harvard. The club I mean is the "Shakespeare Club," and the matter I mean is the spelling of their title; they spell it "Shakspere." Now there is no authority whatever for this spelling; if there is, I should be most happy to have any member of the club to produce it. I can give him all the names be wants for my way of spelling it, whereas I am afraid he would be hard put to obtain seven well...
...OPERATIVE SOCIETY. The following books are in stock: Sheldon, German Grammar; Deutsch, German Reader; Blouet, class book of French Composition; Muller, Geschiehte des Deutschen Volkes; Taussig, Protection to Young Industries. Members who mean to use these books should buy them now. They are not in stock permanently, and will be sent away if not sold...
...OPERATIVE SOCIETY. The following books are in stock: Sheldon, German Grammar; Deutsch, German Reader; Blouet, class book of French Composition; Muller, Geschichte des Deutschen Volkes; Taussig, Protection to Young Industries. Members who mean to use these books should buy them now. They are not in stock permanently, and will be sent away if not sold...
...will be respected for his independence. But if, as in many cases, the refusal to subscribe is based on the ground that the eleven is sure to be defeated, then the college can do nothing but censure such an exhibition of mean spirit. Would the college have scored its brilliant victories of last year if the students had argued from past defeats that the championship in base-ball, in rowing, and in lacrosse could not be brought back to Cambridge? The freshmen must learn without further delay, that the burden of team and crew expenses must be borne...
...visited Rome, and was introduced to that polyglot man who spoke in fifty-eight languages, and who, in that respect, has never been surpassed by any one - I mean of course, the Cardinal Mezzofanti. In order to puzzle the man who used to puzzle everybody, I began to speak to him in the language of Little Russia. 'What language is that?' he asked me in Italian. 'Little Russia,' I answered. 'Well, come to see me again in two weeks' he said. Two weeks passed and I presented myself to the cardinal, who for two hours spoke to me in Little...