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Word: possessions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...supports--its athletic association, publications, religious and literary societies, besides affording meeting rooms for committees and classes. It has become in fact the centre of university life. It is confined to no special department of the university nor is it in its influence more or less beneficial to students possessing social position and means than to those who possess neither. In other words, it appeals to all sorts of students and inasmuch as the club does this is its influence a broadening one and of the most vital use to the university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U. of P.'s University Club. | 11/3/1899 | See Source »

Richness of local color characterizes the stories in the current number of the Advocate, which differs from the typical number in that it omits the usual long "leading" piece. It contains, instead, expanded daily themes, which, though they possess no literary merit, are interesting to undergraduates. In a story called "Pierre's Mountains," Richard Edwards '00 sketches the character of a Swiss boy and narrates his struggles to overcome love for home in order to follow attractions in Paris. Throughout the narrative, the writer has skillfully blended description and exposition. "At the Edge of the Moor," by Apthorp Gould Fuller...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate | 10/21/1899 | See Source »

...mind for a $300,000 structure such as Brooks House was purposed to be; now they feel that to give a $50,000 building such a site would be a waste of needed ground, and they are therefore forced to place it where any architectural beauty it may possess will be largely wasted, and where it will detract from that of other buildings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/16/1898 | See Source »

...wish to call attention again to the proposal of several weeks ago, that Harvard should have some recognized University slogan as well as a cheer for use at games and in celebration of victory. The idea was, that all those who possess the gift of versification should endeavor to write a short song to be set to some familiar and stirring music, and should send the same to the CRIMSON to be submitted to a competent committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/25/1898 | See Source »

...supports-its athletic association, publications, religious and literary societies, besides affording meeting rooms for committees and classes. It has become in fact the centre of university life. It is confined to no special department of the university nor is it in its influence more or less beneficial to students possessing social position and means than to those who possess neither. In other words, it appeals to all sorts of students and inasmuch as the club does this is its influence a broadening one and of the most vital use to the university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTER FROM PENNSYLVANIA. | 10/21/1897 | See Source »

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