Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Yard with a lantern, and any person caught tearing down lanterns will be summarily expelled from the Yard. Such measures as these, however, can be effective only with the co-operation of all those who wish to render the illumination a fitting ending for Class Day, and a pleasant memory for our guests. CLASS DAY COMMITTEE...
When it became my good fortune, some thirty years ago, to become once more a dweller in my native town of Cambridge, I naturally looked about with interest for pleasant acquaintances among the College professors and was fortunate enough to find myself for a time at least, a near neighbor of Professor Shaler. We had some army experiences to recall in common; and I was soon struck with his peculiarly frank and cordial relations with the students, a thing the less surprising, however, as those who may be called out-door professors are apt to drift into easier relations with...
...handsomely framed portraits of Lincoln and Grant, which now hang in the south room of the library. He has also presented the exhibition case in the Periodical Room, and has borne a substantial part of the cost of the new seats in the Living Room, which make a pleasant spot for talking or lounging on the south side of the room...
...unqualified success. There were over 500 persons present of whom more than 200 were members of the Junior class. The Union was well filled, but the scattering of the boxes among the different rooms on the first floor prevented crowding between the dances, which was one of the less pleasant features of the dance last year...
...decorations were not elaborate, but the general effect was extremely pleasing. Palms and rubber plants were used profusely and festoons of laurel draped in the Lobby made a pleasant contrast with the subdued red light and with the rugs and cushions of which the predominant color was crimson. There were in all 20 boxes, six each in the Periodical and Dining Rooms, three each in the Game and Writing Rooms and two in the Hall. The Periodical Room presented an especially attractive appearance, being lighted only by colored Japanese lanterns. The dancing took place in the Living Room, which...