Word: talking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...justly regarded as the picked youth of the country, many of them coming from the best families in point of culture and breeding, and from the best schools we have. They were all boys with blood in their veins, and brains in their heads, and tongues that could talk fast enough and to the purpose when they felt at ease. Many of them had enjoyed The Tempest-as who that can understand it does not?- but somehow the touch of pen or pencil paralyzed their powers...
...give the alumni something to say about the way the college shall be carried on. The overseers are their only representatives, and at present the overseers have only power to talk...
...Yale men talk of their Willet and Odell...
...members of the Historical Society were entertained at their meeting held on Monday evening by a vivid and instructive talk on "Modern Fench Politics," by Mr. Cohn of the French department. The formation of the present French constitution was traced from its beginning in 1875, through the two modifications or amendments to the present day. The year of 1885-6 was stated to mark an important period in the history of the new republic, for not only the third and last class of the elected senators will be changed during the present year, thus completing the electionof the entire senate...
...Haven correspondent of the Spirit of the Times, in speaking of Yale's 'varsity crew, says the talk about the men being in bad condition and weak is all trash. The following is from his letter of last week: "All things considered, there is no good reason why these men should not be equal to, if not better, than last year. Taking it for granted that Harvard will present her strongest crew, Yale will, I think, have as reasonable a chance as she did last year. To call Yale's chances poor would be an opinion of hopes and fears...