Word: secretly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have asked with Homer, "Who is he and whence among men; who were his parents and where is his goodly dwelling?" But I have never learned the answers to these questions. The problem of the man with the iron mask counts as nothing with me; here is a secret twice as strange and impenetrable. Some noble object must be his; why does he linger among us - among us and yet not of us? Is he a Polish exile; or was his home once in Iceland's unhappy isle? What is the mystery of his existence...
...McCosh, in a recent letter on the question of societies in Princeton, says that although at first the faculty were not unanimous in the suppression of secret and the establishment of open societies, at present they are a unit. This is true, he says, not only of the parents, but also of the alumni, and a large majority of the students...
...voting shall be secret, check lists being used. The class shall vote in eight equal sections at eight separate polls. Voting by proxy shall not be allowed. Whenever a candidate receives a majority of votes, cast on a formal ballot, he shall be declared elected...
WILLIAMSTOWN, Nov. 7, 1882. - Still another secret society! Will wonders never cease? This time it is not some presumptuous fraternity which has disturbed the serenity of the college by establishing a chapter here; but a local junior society has sprung itself upon us without a word of warning. Great mystery surrounds the organization so that not even its name is known. Eight juniors display the octagonal silver badge, and rumor has it that there are as many more sub rosa members among the sophomores. All similar attempts in the past at establishing class societies have proved failures...
...Junior Secret Society - The Williams "Congress" - Graves' Prize Essays - Athletics and Foot-ball - The Nine...