Word: towns
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...going to the theatre, and do not care to dine in town, avoid all cars before half past seven, for the men who take these want to get to the theatre before the play begins, - a thing quite unendurable to any fellow of taste. You will meet more of your own style between half past seven and eight than at any other hour. The cars after this hour you will not, I hope, find it often necessary...
...Humbug. "Why, my dear fellow, you'd kill yourself, - it is n't the thing at all, you know. You have much to learn. I saw you talking today to a man with long hair. That was a mistake. You must know that this college is not your native town; it is a world by itself, and does not recognize the world around it. Here you must do as the rest do; here 'come-outers' are not tolerated; here a man must hide his heart, and make friends who will be useful to him. Policy is the keynote...
...umbrella just then broke out with a new attack on the people in town, and ended with an inquiry as to the possibility of getting into any of the buildings. The desk informed them that they could walk around the Library, and might possibly be able to get into Memorial Hall...
...years has been smaller than one would expect. Is it not a comment on our musical taste that a good classical concert but a few steps off attracts such a mere sprinkling of students, while the songs of the seductive Soldene draw full houses of Harvard men in town? Lovers of music may congratulate themselves that they are to hear the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra at all the concerts. The concerts are to be conducted, not by Thomas, it is true, but next best to that, by his assistant-conductor. The names of the eminent and celebrated soloists look well...
...wish to commend the action taken by the authorities of Cambridge in regard to the voting of students. An impression that a student could not vote at Cambridge has previously prevailed in the University. There is no law which forbids him to choose as his voting place the town where he resides and holds property. The authorities of Cambridge have recently called the attention of students to this fact, and though it is too late now to urge registration for the coming campaign, it is nevertheless earnestly to be hoped that all students who have the privilege of voting will...