Word: restful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...weary soul is eager, evermore at rest...
...English reading, and the best method to be pursued in acquiring this taste, besides giving a sort of summary of the most prominent and most interesting English writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. As such a course would undoubtedly be both interesting and instructive, we hope the rest of the lectures will be given if possible. The time of the year is not as favorable for the success of a voluntary course of lectures as it would have been earlier in the season, but nevertheless, we think that if the gentleman decides to give another talk on the subject...
...loss of comrades, who, in many instances, had been their boyish playmates. Two traits were remarkable in our volunteers, steadfastness and tenacity. No surprise, no flight or severe fire of the enemy, threw them into a panic; and, in cases where a regiment was routed, all the rest of the division stood firm to the onset for the enemy. the lecture proved to be a most interesting one, and was greatly appreciated by the audience. The Historical Society will probably next year give a course of lectures on the Civil War, delivered by old Confederate commanders, and undoubtedly will reap...
...teams, after a short rest, played the remaining seven minutes of the half without anything being scored by either side, although the advantage lay rather with Harvard, now strengthened by the presence of Henry, who materially aided the forward field. Time was called for ten minutes, and then the men set to work for another half hour. The ball was worked down towards our goal and by a pretty pass from Simpson to Nichols, the latter scored a goal at the end of three minutes, the quickest of the game. Sides were changed at once, and the ball went back...
...introductory "To the Campus" is better than the average of the reading matter, but the rest of the editorial page is spoiled by a series of editorials on the name and reception of the paper. From these editorials we learn that Quip is "a girl," and from this infer that the central figure on the title page is a portrait of the fair daughter-in-law of Life. We think the editors should have adopted the name suggested in the last editorial, the Yale Brace, as indicating the decided need of the paper. The first picture (on page...