Word: peculiarities
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last few days the drinking water at Memorial has had a peculiar taste, strongly savoring of kerosene. It has been a great annoyance to many. Whatever be the quality of the eatables we should have pure water, even at the expense of procuring it from some spring or other source. If the taste referred to is due to some uncleanliness in the hall, the cause should be sought and removed at once, as the health of the boarders will be affected...
...Andrew Lang, and the number has, as a frontispiece, an admirable portrait of Mr. Arnold, drawn after the painting by C. F. Watts. The following sentences occur in the article: "But the Greek drama was, as Mr. Arnold recognizes in his admirable preface to "Merope," the child of peculiar social and theatrical conditions. We cannot, even at Harvard or Balliol, hope to bring back those conditions. . . . The preface contains, perhaps, the briefest and most lucid account ever yet given of the nature and aims of the Greek drama, and of the functions of the chorus." Mr. Lang, himself a graduate...
...either of these events. That Harvard can bring out so large a number of contestants with a programme so varied, is yet another proof of the popularity of general athletics among her students. After such a series of successes as these three meetings, the college can well appreciate the peculiar advantages and opportunities it possesses in its new gymnasium; while the beneficence of the donor is felt more and more clearly...
...wine with him, as the night before 'he had been forced to get drunk all alone.' I lived in terror lest this drunken fool might set his room on fire. If he had, for me, I knew, there was no escape. I must be content with pointing out the peculiar dangers from fire that thus threaten our colleges. I noticed them when I was myself an undergraduate, but my attention has been again aroused by the fact that one of my sons is a student at Oxford, and that some of his brothers are to follow in his steps...
...elicited considerable interest. The first bout was between W. A. Henry, Jr., S. S., and S. H. Ordway, L. S. Ordway won the bout by 7 points to 3. In the second bout the contest was between W. O. Underwood, '84, and R. H. McDonald, '82. McDonald, by his peculiar manner of guarding and thrusting, provoked much laughter and applause. Underwood was the more cool and skilful, while McDonald showed great activity and quickness, although he was awkward and lacked science. The bout was awarded to Underwood by a score of 7 points...