Word: poem
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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After doing full justice to the supper, the class was called to order by the president of the evening, Mr. F. W. Thayer, who made a few appropriate remarks. Then followed the oration by Mr. Tufts, and the poem by Mr. Eyre. The ode, written by Mr. B. Tuckerman, was sung by Mr. Paullin. The regular toasts were given by Mr. Blaine, and were responded to as follows: "The Class of '78," drank in silence: "The Institute," Mr. Homans; "The Athenaeum," Mr. Moore; "The Boating Interest," Mr. Littauer; "The Nine," Mr. F. W. Thayer; "The Eleven," Mr. Lombard; "The Press...
...interest to the persons who wrote such a paper - for the persons who would read it are too few to be considered - would be the sight of a pair of checked pants, or a "caporal," with the moral conclusions drawn therefrom. We might appropriately place after this a poem on "Submission," to which the previous articles would lend a lively zest, and close with a report of the last Faculty meeting, and a table of statistics from the archives of the athletic societies...
...some races recently held at Eton, the winner ran a mile in 4 min. 43 sec. In a poem in a recent number of the Etonian, it is interesting to notice that "cher enfant" is made to rhyme with "upon...
...these I had waded through, my chum giving, from time to time, a grunt of satisfaction or more frequently of mingled pity and disgust, when my eye fell upon a poem. "Shall I read you this?" I said. "O, skip the poetry!" was his answer. "But you might at least hear the title," said I. "Well, what is it," growled he. I said humbly, "Lines to a Fading Rose"; it begins...
...Amherst Student needs to learn that it is never safe to jump at conclusions. Because they were unable to find the answer to the riddle in our poem called "After Browning," they should not pronounce it "merely a collection of words indiscriminately thrown together." There is so good a point to the answer that we should be sorry to have the Student miss it merely from dulness, so try it again, and if you have to give it up let us know, and we'll send you the solution...