Word: short
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...train was very late in arriving at New York, and there was time only for a short rehearsal in the hotel parlors and for a hasty dinner before the hour at which the concert was to begin arrived. The sight which met the eyes of the students as they entered Chickering Hall was very gratifying. Of the twelve hundred seats, nearly every one had been taken, and the audience was as brilliant as it was large. The clubs were stimulated to do their best, and the result was undoubtedly a great surprise...
...school. The term just closed is the only one in which there is no examinations. Hence it commends itself to many as the most enjoyable of the three. The term about to open is perhaps the dullest and most difficult to get over; but we shall return from our short recess invigorated and refreshed and better able to cope with the for mixable mid-years...
...short time ago the Pennsylvania Club challenged the Connecticut Club to a joint debate. A committee from the two clubs decided to hold the debate last Monday evening in Sever 11. The details of the debate were arranged and much interest was felt in both clubs in regard to the result. The purpose of thus holding a joint debate was to keep up the interest in the organizations of men from the States of Pennsylvania and Connecticut. The Pennsylvania Club has, however, withdrawn its challenge for the alleged reason that none of its members were willing to become principal disputants...
...great skill. The singing of the Glee Club and playing of the Banjo Club was such as to warrant the expectation of a successful western trip. Both Clubs showed the result of their almost continual practice during the fall in preparation for their projected trip of next week. In short, we congratulate the management on the presentation of a concert fully up to the high standard set in former years...
...Chapel was well filled yesterday afternoon at the Vesper Service. The Rev. Dr. Gordon conducted the meeting and after the reading of the nineteenth Psalm, gave a short sermon. He took as his text the incident of Mary being excluded from the inn prior to Christ's birth. He said if men would only consent to come into real contact with Christianity it would have the effect of an electric battery, establishing a complete sovereignty in their thought, interest, and being. The choir sang the anthems, "It came upon the midnight clear," by Sullivan; "Thus said the Lord," from...