Word: sociality
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Arrangements for the annual junior promenade, to be held near the beginning of next term, are being made. Everything is being done by the class committee to make our greatest social event of the year a marked success. The whole week is to be one of gaiety. The Glee club concert, junior promenade, various class Germans, spreads, private dances and receptions will occupy nearly all the week...
There are some men trying for the team who have yet to learn what training is. Every man must play every afternoon, not according to his own convenience. One promising candidate has already been requested to stop playing because he persisted in giving precedence to minor social engagements. Strict discipline is absolutely necessary, and the better this lesson is learned the more likely is the team to be a winning one. The duty of the eleven is to train faithfully and the duty of the class is to support them loyally both during the practice and at the games...
...social element grows among the students from year to year. The apartments of Fay house are, indeed, too restricted to allow of as much congregation under its roof as may be thought desirable, but the accommodation is made the most of, and the spirit of fellowship is greater at present than at any other time. The Idler club and the Emmanuel society are among the means of bringing the students often together in a familiar way. To those the English club has lately been added. It is intended "to arouse an interest in the study of English," and specifically...
...second epoch groups itself about 1200. The European nations were then settled in almost the same bounds as today; The Catholic religion was established, and the feudal system evolved order out of the social chaos. Under the union of the papacy and the empire men as men did not exist; there was no such thing as individual liberty; a man existed only as a member of a body. And yet it was through these institutions that the nations breathed their sincerest faith and highest aspirations. The great epic of this period is the Nioelungen Leid, and it is as characteristic...
...Tuesday morning a social meeting of the Board of Overseers was held at 50 State street, with the Hon. Leverett Saltonslall in the chair, owing to the absence of the president. The purpose of the meeting was to consider the acts of the president and fellows at a recent meeting. A vote was taken and it resulted in favor of the acts which are as follows...