Word: newe
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...board at the Club is as good as can be obtained outside for $6 a week; aside from the attendant disadvantages mentioned by the writer, and the additional one, we fear, of uncleanliness in preparing the food. There can be little doubt that all disorder will cease in our new refectory; indeed, if the principle be true, "In Rome do as the Romans do," it is surprising that we have not, many of us, met with the fate of some of the followers of Ulysses...
...Every Saturday comes to us full of good reading-matter. A new serial, entitled "Far from the Madding Crowd," authorship unknown, bids fair to create a new sensation in the world of novels. Any one who may have had difficulty in comprehending the game of Ombre, in Pope's "Rape of the Lock," will find it elucidated at some length in the number of February 14. An editorial department devoted to literary criticism is ably conducted...
...morality of Saratoga and its evil influences have been, we think, unwarrantably blackened. The Rowing Association, under whose auspices the regatta is to be conducted, is composed of men whose appearance and manners claim for them the title of gentlemen. The collegiate and daily papers in New England which have denounced Saratoga have made a great many abusive insinuations, which, in our opinion, are entirely contradicted by facts. We are confident that all the crews which go to Saratoga will bring away with them the same opinion...
...committee are liberal and far-sighted in their treatment of physical culture, and this, together with the new projects in this regard of late agitated among the students, will undoubtedly lead to a better state of things. They recommend the erection of a new gymnasium, and even go so far as to suggest the purchase of marsh lands on Charles River, to be drained and diked in the interests of out-door sports. It is also proposed that the College, by the erection of boat-houses, encourage this branch of athletic exercise among the many. Before closing this review...
...your beautiful new coupe...