Word: peculiarities
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...action in question may be somewhat peculiar, but it must be remembered that every person has a right to his own personal opinion, and has, moreover, a right to express this opinion in a meeting which is open to a general discussion of the subjects in hand. The private opinion, however, of a prominent public person will necessarily carry much more weight than the opinion of a private person could ever carry. A private person, as long as he holds his public position, cannot divest himself of a certain degree of authority which is naturally associated with his position. This...
...peculiar faculty which the Yale freshmen have shown in inventing excuses to put off the foot ball game with Harvard is well exhibited in the following circumstances. The Friday before the game a member of the freshman eleven was in Springfield where he expected to join the team as it passed through the city on its way to New Haven. Finding none of the men in the train, he telegraphed to the Yale freshman captain to know if the game was to be played, and received the following telegram. "No game to-morrow, Harvard Faculty object." In view...
...school near Boston. They had two cars exclusively to themselves. Some of them were smoking. Dainty cigarette holders, says our informant, abounded. Two of the holders were meerschaum, and of a light brown color that showed they had seen use. The girls, furthermore, wore society pins, and had the peculiar appearance that characterizes college boys, all except, of course, the Br-.Shades of Dr. Dix defend us! Certainly this is going too far. The sanctity of our most exclusively masculine institutions is threatened. Our vested rights are invaded. Cannot somebody say the Athletic Committee-take up this matter in behalf...
...camera with me to almost all the many places I visited this summer, and took about one hundred and fifty photographs altogether. At Newport I took an instantaneous photograph of a tennis game. I tried to include the server who delivered the ball with great speed by rather a peculiar motion. I set up my tripod in the midst of the usual crowd of admiring spectators, and pointed it with great care so as to include, as I thought, my "subject." But as is often the case, a little care is worse than none. I had arranged everything to include...
...following statement, made by the manager of the Harvard Freshman eleven, explains the peculiar relations which have resulted in the forfeiture of the annual foot ball game to Harvard, by the refusal of Yale to play the game upon the date agreed upon...