Word: next
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...subject for the next Senior Forensic, 1st division, Is ridicule a test of truth? References : Shaftesbury's "Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humor"; Akenside's "Pleasures of the Imagination," note on 3d Book; Bentham's "Works," Vol. 11. pp. 114, 360. Specimens of ridicule employed argumentatively : many of Swift's Works, The Spectator passim, British Essayists, Petroleum V. Nasby's Letters. Time, second Monday in May. 2d division : Are we justified in pursuing sports which have for their aim or issue the suffering and death of the lower animals? References : Works of Soame Jenyns...
...gentleman who has lately been coaching the Freshman crew. The writer of the letter states that, though the Freshman crew is now being coached by Mr. Warren Goddard, '79, he will soon have to be replaced by some one who has had more experience in boating. In the very next sentence he laments the fact that, without a coach, the crew is doing but poorly, which is just another way of saying that Mr. Goddard's work amounted to nothing. Now, besides the very questionable courtesy of sending such a statement to a newspaper, even if that statement were true...
...next event was the first bout of the lightweight sparring between Messrs. A. G. Otis, '79, and F. W. Sharon, '80. The very pretty style of both men was immediately remarked, their quick returns and cross counters calling forth much applause. This bout was awarded to Mr. Sharon...
...Indian club-swinging next brought out Messrs. J. T. Howe, '80, and S. Shillito. Mr. Shillito retains his former grace in swinging, and has learned many new movements; Mr. Howe won the cup, however, by the multiplicity of his difficult motions...
...moment, the pure air of the outer heavens; and, as she gazes at the silver crescent above, her thoughts wander far away to another hemisphere, and she murmurs softly, "Clarence, ever mine own." She sees not the forms of two masked figures creeping stealthily behind her. The next moment a stifled cry, the odor of chloroform, a feeble struggle, and a closed carriage rolls rapidly away, bearing the senseless form of the beautiful heiress. (To be continued in our next...