Word: plainly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...judge from quantity, so much as from quality when considering the election of a candidate. Communications do not help us to judge of a man's style as much as editorials and front page article,- especially the former. What we want is a man who can write good, plain, forcible English, who has opinions of his own and knows how to express them, and who is willing to do a fair amount of good without grumbling. We shall not ask too much. The position is not one to be despised, the practice given is invaluable. To these facts anyone...
...private theatricals to be given at Jamaica Plain on the 20th, Slocum, '90, will take a prominent part...
...social party attracted a number of Harvard men to Jamaica Plain, last evening...
...dinner of the Junior Class, Wednesday evening, will remember the earnestness and deep sincerity which marked the speech of Mr. Pfeiffer, particularly in that portion which treated the question of voluntary prayers and the attitude of college men toward religious services. Mr. Pfeiffer gave the class of '89 plainly to understand that, while athletics may call for a large share of the attention of the students of Harvard, there is another interest, namely, the religious, that cannot be neglected. The remarks of the speaker made a profound impression upon those who heard them, and it must be regretted that every...
...last lecture in Boylston Hall, taking for his subject "Cairo," which is the capital of Modern Egypt. It is the true city of "The 1001 Nights," for whatever is the origin of these tales they treat of the society of Cairo. The city is situated on a sandy plain near the point of the delta of the Nile and is surrounded by objects of great interest-the Pyramids on the west, the Necropolis of Thebes on the south, and the obelisk marking the site of the ancient Heliopolis on the north. The name Cairo comes from the ancient Arabic...