Word: swelled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...numbered 486, where it was only 372 last year, a clear gain of 114. Next year, the fiscal year will correspond to the college year which will prove much more convenient, and the number of members enjoying its privileges is expected to be correspondingly raised. Among those who will swell its numbers are a considerable representation from the Harvard annex and the Episcopal Theological School. The faculty also are now appreciating more than ever before its benefits, and will join in the autumn in large numbers. During this spring many seniors have taken advantage of the favorable rates for engraving...
...rowing against a current, it was decided to have the next race come off on Lake Quinsigamond, near Worcester. This sheet of water is undoubtedly one of the finest courses in the United States, as it is free from all currents, and is small enough to avoid a swell. It was reluctantly given up when the number of men in the crews was changed from six to eight, and the distance was raised to four miles. Accordingly, in the regatta of '59 and '60 Quinsigamond saw the crimson wave victorious, and an impetus given to a sport which...
...ashamed of the games in which he is taking part he ought not to allow himself to go into them. Neither of the first two possibilities is likely, therefore he must do it thinking it makes him of more importance to be known as a member of some swell or noted club. This is all wrong. No club stands better than the Harvard Athletic Association in either of these respects and it does not add to a man's worth if he lets his vanity get the better of him by trying to exhibit himself as a member of various...
...very swell Harvard student" is credited with having asked who was the author of "Anthony Trollope's Autobiography...
Have you bought that Newmarket yet? H. Landon Hurlbert, tailor, 125 Tremont street, Boston, recommends this garment as the swell coat for young...