Word: roote
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...introduced by Mr. Webster, president of the Harvard Total Abstinence League. Mr. Cook began by comparing the prohibition question to the old slavery issue, and said he hoped that his hearers would live to seethe liquor traffic declared an outlaw thoughout the civilized world. The temperance movement takes root easily in the Anglo-Saxon nature. For the love of moral purity inherent in it awakens a great sensibility to moral questions, and we should do our share to further the cause. The lecturer then discussed the educational and political aspect of the prohibition movement. Life insurance companies take cognizance...
...growth of our large cities has been immense, but New York of to-day is but a pigmy when compared with the New York of the next century. We must do something to root out the liquor trade in these great centres, for it is well known that, other things being equal, the sale of whiskey increases faster than population, if that population lives in towns or cities...
...present and the faculty was represented by Dean Huntington and Profs. Browne, Buck, Dorchester, Curry and Lindsay. The entertainment consisted of songs from Tennyson by Mr. L. B. Greenwood and Miss Conant, and a representation of Tennyson's "Dream of Fair Women," the parts being taken by Misses Teele, Root, Hoag, Gooding, Shinn, Clarke, Latham, Small and Thomas; Mr. Magee, '88, taking the part of the dreamer. After the entertainment refreshments were served, followed by the singing of college glees, and charades. - Boston Herald...
Lost. A fox-terrier dog, white body, black and tan ear and black and tan spot at root of tail. A suitable reward will be given if returned to 1 Manter...
Lost. A fox-terrier dog, white body, black and tan ear and black and tan spot at root of tail. A suitable reward will be given if returned to 1 Manter...