Word: stands
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...voted by the Faculty that all the students in future, while the Divine blessing is asked upon the Scripture, and during the prayer after the reading of the Scriptures, should stand facing the desk, as this was the most decent and proper position; but that, during the reading of the Scriptures, they should be all sitting in their seats...
...with the Harvards stand...
...played then in Cambridge, - a fact which will greatly disappoint the mass of students who wish to see the working of the Nine. Lastly, the nuisance on Jarvis must away; yes, the noble structure, guarded on either side by a majestic line of time-worn benches, must no longer stand an eyesore to the artistic proprietors of the mansions lying beneath its frowning walls. Truly this is an age of improvement, and no doubt a year hence a neat Gothic club-house with its grand stand and gargoyled tower will be kept from the vulgar gaze by rows of hedge...
...works, not only because they are interesting in themselves, but to call our readers' attention to this Shakspere Society, and to show what a good work it may do if well supported. The list of members up to last July includes 413 names, yet after but 35 of these stand the letters U. S. A. It can hardly be supposed that this number represents all those in this country who care enough for the study of Shakspere to enter the society, and we cannot but hope that Harvard undergraduates, at least, may in future be more fully represented...
...Stand proudly forth, the mistress of the world...