Word: naming
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Rubens?" was the first question. "I can surely make a rush on that," soliloquized Digger. "Rubens was a Flemish painter, - his other name is not known, - and he was famous for his masterpiece, the 'Rape of the Sardines...
WHEN an umbrella with the owner's name on it is stolen from Memorial Hall, one is consoled by the thought that it may have been taken by some poco who strolled into the umbrella rack; but when a student has a hat with his card pasted in it taken from a nail near his seat, and never returned, the chances are that some student has it. Now these students must be making a rich harvest this year, for at our table alone three hats and four umbrellas have been lost, - I should say stolen. I presume that these students...
...subjects of finance and political economy which are to be given by the Hon. Hugh McCulloch in Sanders Theatre. It is certainly a great privilege to have such valuable lectures brought within easy reach, and to be enabled to listen to a gentleman who has made such a name in this department. We are glad to learn also that this course, if successful, will be the beginning of a series of University Lectures, given under the control of the University, but supported by outside subscriptions. It is certainly a much more sensible plan to give lectures of this sort...
Each competitor will be charged an entrance fee of one dollar, to be paid when he enters his name, and to be returned to all who cover the distance...
...Boat-Club has recently been organized at Troy, N. Y., which rejoices in the fearful and wonderful name of Thuh-he-ka-ne-ok. Liberal odds are offered that no one of the members can pronounce the name of his club 3,000 times in 3,000 quarter-hours...