Word: old
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been studying he was off to the army. In 1597 he returned to London, but he always retained a certain coarseness of the soldier. At the age of twenty he married and to support his wife found his life long occupation. Acting but poorly he became a cobbler of old plays. He began and ended his life hard up. Early in his career he killed an actor in a duel and was thrown in prison. There he met a Catholic and was converted from the Protestant faith, and when set free a T was branded on his thumb. Later...
...great national university in Washington. The bill is said to be practical, and to have features that will commend it to the support every congressman. The framer is Ex-Governor John W Hayt, of Wyoming, an experienced educator, who represented the American universities at the university celebrations in the Old World, and who is familiar with institutions of learning on the continent. He thinks that no place in the world has so many promising possibilities and advantages as Washington, and that a university established there has the chance of parity, if not primacy, among American educational institutions. The bill...
...behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt that the building would be of stone and fireproof, and equipped with everything possible for the comfort and health of students. They have selected for their architect Mr. C. C. Haight of New York. The new structure will necessitate the removal of Old South College, and when finished will be the largest and finest building on the college grounds, and will nearly complete the enclosure of the quadrangle...
...whole, they are rather boisterous and self-assertive, not at all afraid to express approval and disapproval even to their professors. They undoubtedly carry their drinking too far, but there are remarkably few drunkards in consideration of the great extent of drinking. The old practice of duelling has in almost all cases lost its elements of danger; the duels are now mere contests, and friendly contests at that, of pluck and skill. It is noteworthy that such a thing as betting or gambling is absolutely unknown among them...
...Grays Hall.STUDENTS.-K. T. Schober's Old Elm Cafe, Brattle Sq. Brewer's Block, Cambridge. Recommended for the only first class German and French Restaurant in Cambridge. European plan. Table d' hote. Club tables...