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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...book, and even interesting reading. Harvard has not lately taken great interest in secret fraternities, but the large number of these societies at other colleges must make Mr. Baird's work valuable to them. There are at present, in American colleges, forty-five general fraternities, thirteen local fraternities, and seven ladies' societies. Among the best-known societies, the Alpha Delta Phi has twenty-three chapters, and among its members are Rev. Phillips Brooks, Prof. James Russell Lowell, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, and President Eliot; the Psi Upsilon has seventeen chapters, and among its members are Professors William W. Goodwin, James...
...given at the St. James Hotel, last Friday evening. About forty gentlemen were present. Mr. Trenholm presided, and, in fact, was the only officer, the dinner being purely an informal one. The health of the crew was drunk with Highland honors, and was followed by twenty-seven cheers. Mr. Hammond and Mr. Brandegee responded. Congratulations were exchanged on the past, and hopes expressed for the future. Several other toasts were drunk, among them, "The Annex," and songs were given by various gentlemen. Altogether, the dinner passed off very enjoyably, and many gentlemen expressed the hope that the custom might...
...Senior Class met in Boylston Hall last Monday evening, to elect Class-Day officers. The meeting was called to order at ten minutes past seven by Mr. Howard Townsend, the chairman of the preliminary committee. The selection of chairman for the meeting was approved by the class, and the report of the Committee accepted...
...Chairman of the Class Committee there were six nominations. Three names were withdrawn, leaving Messrs. Townsend, Fuller, and F. H. Allen. Mr. Townsend was elected. There were five nominations for the second place on this Committee, to which Mr. Fuller was elected. Out of seven candidates, the third place fell to Mr. F. H. Allen...
This tasty little volume consists of seven short stories. They are not likely to keep one awake nights with excitement, but are, nevertheless, very entertaining, being (for the most part) quiet rural tales, written in an easy, "chatty" fashion, the pages of which contain many a charming glimpse of home-life. Indeed, the authoress possesses a remarkable faculty of sketching upon the page the pleasant characteristics of New England life, and the stories are the more interesting for the degree to which they appeal to one's own experience. In point of literary workmanship, the tales vary to some extent...