Word: mets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...three successive years the sophomores have met with defeat at the hands of the freshmen...
...make them sign the book at Bartlett's. Aside from all considerations of mere conviviality, however, the men of eighty-six should spare no efforts to make a success of the dinner, if for no other reason than that it has been several years since a junior class has met with anything but failure in its attempts to hold a class dinner...
...boys of eighteen fitted to judge of their strong or their own weak points? Can they select for themselves out of this enormous bill of fare (425 hours per week offered by Harvard) the 12 hours most conducive to their mental growth? I have not met such young men among the undergraduates of any college, nor do I expect to meet them. If experienced men who devote a lifetime to the study of the special question of election in studies in colleges, differ as widely as do President Eliot and President McCosh, how can a poor, green youth of eighteen...
...Weber's rather commonplace Invitation to the Dance, formed the lighter part of the programme. As ever, the delusive close brought out the usual premature applause, and the effect of the last few bars was spoiled. The Mozart "Jupiter" Symphony, which formed the principal part of the programme, met with a very unenthusiastic reception from the audience. In fact, in this direction Mr. Gericke does not seem to have at all accurately measured the wants and tastes of Cambridge audiences. It is really too bad that in such a short series we should not be permitted to hear the very...
...readily imagined that the time we took to make up our minds about accepting the invitation was very short. Accordingly, last Monday afternoon, shortly after two o'clock, we found ourselves at Wellesley station, and there our good luck began; for standing before us on the platform, we met a young lady with whom we walked toward the college. And here we learned our first lesson. We will not relate how we learned it, but will simply warn all who may read this never to call that lovely piece of water, at the foot of Wellesley College, a pond. This...