Word: old
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...both as the Delphic man, through whom the gods spoke to men; as the unpractical person intensely interested in practical affairs, and delighting in "people who can do things," and as the good neighbor, caring for his friends and fellow citizens, and standing up - in the words of an old woman of the village - "just as if he thought other people were as good...
...Copeland dwelt briefly on Hawthorne and Thoreau, and then gave an account of a visit to Concord a year ago. The old Manse is, to his thinking, the most impressive object in Concord, and among many things which every American would care to see, the speaker described French's bronze statue of the Minute Man, and the simply commemorated graves of Emerson and Hawthorne...
April 24. - Aristophanes and the Old Comedy. Professor White...
...next speaker was J. A. Gade, who spoke for the literary interests of the class. He was followed by H. E. Addison, whose subject was "Any Old Thing." In the absence of A. H. Brewer, who was kept from the dinner by illness, C. Brewer spoke for football. He reviewed the athletic achievements of Ninety-six, and said that whether there should be 'varsity football next fall or only class football, the class would be sure to keep up its preeminence in the game as it had done in the past...
...architects have decided that the supports of the floor of the present reading room are not strong enough to bear the weight of the new stack and reading room. The old brick pillars in the basement will be taken out, and the new stack will rest on the foundation. This change will not make room for any more books, as all the available space in the basement is already occupied. At present there are 100,000 volumes in the basement and reading room, including about 10,000 reserved books. The latter will be placed in Lower Massachusetts shortly after Class...