Word: things
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wrath (which I sing) is a terrible thing...
...here is quite a field for any one aspiring to athletic honors, and it seems as if it would be a good thing to form an Athletic Club here, which might, if desirable, have matches with Yale, or even an intercollegiate contest, if such a thing were practicable...
...verge of the grave, but a hale and hearty old man, with every mental faculty intact and enlarged by years of experience, and with much bodily vigor still remaining. In every change of facial expression, in every motion of his body, Mr. Warren's acting was a thing for study and admiration. The clear insight of Jacques Fauvel into character and motives; his transcendent love for his great-grandchild, most effectively shown in the scene where he supposes her lost; his confidence in the poor girl when all but he forsake her, - all were wonderfully real in Mr. Warren...
...that those plank-walks have been laid, there is one other thing that seems to demand immediate attention. Where so many persons sleep in a single building, as is the case here at college, too great precautions cannot be taken that an easy means of escape be provided in case of fire. We are glad to see that fire-escapes have recently been placed upon Holyoke, and it certainly would not be amiss to place them upon all the college dormitories...
...diversify and render the performances interesting by every means in their power. These efforts were successful in a marked degree, and the society can point to its records for the last six months with pardonable pride. Still, many were not satisfied, and it was not long before the one thing needful took definite shape in the minds of all. What interest or even dignity could attach to a society whose members sat dangling their legs over wooden benches, and the location of whose president, even, suggested nothing more dignified than a proctor eager in the pursuit after "cribs...