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Word: speak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...very crude sort, had shaped itself. The first code of laws put forth by the college authorities was known as the "Dunster Code," and its first regulation was as follows: "When any scholar is able to understand Tully, or such like classical author, extempore, and make and speak true Latin, in verse and in prose, Suo ut aiunt Marte, and decline perfectly the paradigms of nouns and verbs in the Greek tongue; let him then, and not before, be capable of admission to college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Early Customs at Harvard. | 2/24/1887 | See Source »

...Wilder, a student of Princeton, who intend to devote his life to missionary work in India, will speak on foreign missions at the Y. M. C. A. rooms to-day. There will be a meeting from 1.30 to 2 p.m., and another at 6.30. Mr. Wilder has visited a large number of our colleges, and is a powerful speaker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/24/1887 | See Source »

...strains of the grand old ode thus rendered, and has experienced the deep impression which is made upon all, cannot but wish that the custom should be made a university institution and thus give to each class-day an added significance as unique among collegiate graduating customs. We speak thus publicly that due attention may be given to the matter and therefore its success assured...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/24/1887 | See Source »

...Advocate. Harvard's play was good and steady throughout in a "tremendously exciting game," won by a lucky hit in the last inning. Of the Harvard-Lowell series which had been determined on, only one game was played in the spring, Harvard winning, 39 to 26. These resolutions speak for themselves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Twenty Years of Harvard Base-Ball. | 2/16/1887 | See Source »

Daniel Pratt has returned to the classic shades of Cambridge and entertains students going to and from Memorial Hall with learned dissertations upon Sam Jones and Sam Small, who, he declares, are afraid to except his challenge to speak in public on topics connected with the bible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/12/1887 | See Source »

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