Word: suits
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that we have no song-birds worthy of notice in the United States and Mr. Chamberlain will devote himself to disproving this. He has made a careful study of both European and American birds and is eminently qualified to deal with the subject. The lecture has been written to suit a popular audience, and, as far as possible, all technical matters have been left...
Several changes have been made in the boat house since last fall, and among other things bath room facilities have been increased. Today or tomorrow the '93 crew will begin rowing on the river and the other crews will probably follow suit. All the class crews will be re-enforced by several of the 'varsity crew...
...despotic. At this time the so-called Decretal System was in vogue at Rome. By this system the Pope, by a decree could do anything he wished, practically. He referred to ancient rules for his authority, and if they did not exist he could easily make them, to suit his purpose. The leaders of the Church began to protest against such a tyrannical system. They formed the Concilia System to oppose the Decretal...
Judging from the following account in the New York Times, Cambridge was not the only place where the sale of seats for the Springfield game did not suit everybody. Speaking of the sale of tickets at Yale, the Times says...
...another of "The Victim to Ball" is evidently a shrewd observer of student life at Cambridge and his short tale of the fate of a garish suit of clothes has a spontaneity of effort and an agreeable originality which might profitably be imparted to more of the Advocate stories. There are a number of Harvard men we have in our mind's eye who might profit by the moral of the tale...