Word: riche
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...farm comprises about 200 acres of a varied character. The soil on the hillside is mostly gravel, while in the meadows it is very rich and moist. Hay is raised on part of the farm, and given to cattle which are taken to board. The part comprised in the Arnold Arboretum is devoted to the planting of trees and shrubs which number over two thousand varieties. There is no one collection in the world which contains so many varieties. Their arrangement is also excellent. In one row we can trace the apple as it first existed in Central Asia...
...essay by Mr. Sempers, are certainly productions of very considerable merit. The verse is unusually good, and indeed the only drawback to a complete enjoyment of the number is the fact that Zadoc did not die; perhaps he will be expelled, though, who knows? The editors promise us a rich treat in the next number, marking the completion of the fortieth volume of Harvard's oldest paper. The number will be entirely made up by contributions from former editors, and a glance at the proof sheets show that it will be of unusual interest. The Advocate has now lived...
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...following gentlemen spoke from the floor: Affirmative, A. T. Perkins, '87; Platt, '88; Griffing, '89; Hesseltine, '88; negative, Griffing, '88; Rich, '87; Mahany, '88; Proctor, '89; Hobson, '86; Sternbergh, '87; Stedman, '87; Furber, '87. The vote on the debate as a whole stood, affirmative, 12; negative, 21. The question for the next debate is: Resolved, That the coinage of the Bland Silver Dollar should be discontinued...
...been started afresh by some talk on the subject at a recent reunion of the Yale alumni in Springfield, Mass. The great difficulty about reaching a just conclusion is the lack of sufficient trustworthy data. Startling stories are told as to the extravagant sums which are spent by rich youths at New Haven or Cambridge, and listeners at once jump to the conclusion that only millionaires can foot the bills of a student at Harvard or Yale. Even the average expenditure at sometimes figured out is deceptive and misleading, since heavy outlays by only a few will outweigh the light...