Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...joint class meeting of '94 and '95 Saturday, informal resolutions were adopted expressing the sorrow felt by the members of '94 and '95 at the deaths of W. S. Hockley, J. Farnum Brown, and Franklin Whitall of the class of '94, and Edwin S. Bach '95. Committees from each class were appointed who sent letters of sympathy to the parents of the deceased. They were: Ninety-four, G. C. Lee, Jr., L. Heckscher, J. F. Smith, and J. J. Griswold; ninety-five, R. W. Emmons, 2d, R. D. Wrenn, W. W. Caswell, N. W. Bingham...
Whereas, Alpha Chapter has heard with deep sorrow of the sudden death of its brothers, John Farnum Brown and Franklin Whitall...
...songs are all sung in the gravest manner, the songs of thanksgiving differing from those of sorrow only in the syllables used. In time of battle the squaws think that their chants have some telepathic power and that the braves hear them and become more courageous. They have no songs which are sung for amusement alone. They are all serious ones which are sung at their ceremonies, when divine aid is desired or when they are thankful for something. The Indians never have two verses set to one tune. Each song has some particular significance to them and they could...
...memorial service to be held in the Chapel tomorrow morning will be the fitting expression of the deep sorrow which has come upon the University...
...same actor who stalked as the majesty of buried Denmark, may appear as a clown after a change of scenes. The lover, the poet, the mourner, the mystic, after their fine frenzies feel that there is something ludicrous in dining, and to confess a fondness for lobster or a sorrow that oysters are out of season seems a satire on their hardly cold ideal longings and regrets...