Word: said
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Because Somebody Else and some other people said that it was "unbecoming the dignity of Harvard" for the nice young men with the sweet voices to sing in public...
...distinguished for hard study. The following conversation is recorded: Crossing the College Yard one afternoon to breakfast at the "Holly Tree" (then a mere log cabin), after he had been at Cambridge for about a month, he was confronted by the then Registrar, Cusset Jeremy Whitcombe by name, who said, "Brown, I shall be obliged to send you a Private and Public at once, next a Special, and the week after a Suspension, - so I 'd advise you to make the most of your time...
...knew -" said Brown, but hurried on. After breakfast he discovered that seven consecutive severe illnesses had been the secret but terrible cause of all his misfortunes; and as his generous and open nature revolted from keeping this fact from the ears of the College powers, he frankly disclosed all, and was as frankly forgiven...
...doing right or not. But at any rate I am not going to ask Ma. You must put the blame on Will (Will is a Junior and one of my dearest friends), for when we were coming home last night I was right enthusiastic over the concert, and Will said, "Why do it you write a letter to the Crimson about it?" I more than half believe he was joking, but at any rate here's the letter...
...week ago Saturday that Will wrote me such a funny note. He was all excited about a Glee Club concert to be given in Philadelphia. He said the Faculty had given consent and the arrangements had been made and the hall hired and the tickets printed and everything, and he asked me to ask all my friends to ask all their friends to go and take every one they knew, for it was not to be advertised like an ordinary concert, but was to be private and right swell, and so I did. We girls grew half wild over...