Word: turns
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...keepers have to give bonds that they will not break the stringent laws enacted against the liquor traffic. Two years ago more than half of these bonds in Boston were held by sixteen men. The shops direct the politics of those who frequent them, and these sixteen men in turn direct the politics of the shops. They thus control the local politics of Boston, and constitute an oligarchy far more dangerous to this common wealth than any man like Caesar or Napoleon ever will be. The open bar is the chief instrument of this ring in the government of Boston...
When the Training Association was organized early last spring, it appeared to be eminently praticeable. For years the boarding house keepers had been charging exorbitant prices for food furnished to the athletic teams, who were practically helpless in the matter. The originators of the new plan proposed to turn all this middle-man's profit over to the teams. A house was to be rented, a suitable steward and cook engaged, and preparations completed for boarding all the 'varsity, and some of the class teams. All the large athletic associations, with the exception of the foot ball, entered the organization...
...Skull," a piece of versified description, is rather crude, and "Perdita" is a triolet, utterly lacking in delicacy of turn and expression...
...Make your quiet yet efficient profession by constant attendance on christian worship and ordinances and by taking your modest port in such associations for religious improvement as have your confidence and sympathy. Follow the leading of your own enlightened conscience by letting no cumulative force of example or persuasio turn you one hair's breadth from what you regard as your duty; by making your own way through college a right line, a straight line in the direct way from earth to heaven. Make your uttered profession whenever your silence would mean assent or indifference. Show your colors and stand...
...excellent half course in Classical Philology - intended primarily for freshmen and sophomores. The object of the course is to give in elementary form a general view of Classical Philology. The lectures, illustrated by the stereopticon views, come on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 3.30. and are given in turn by all the instructors in the course, and afford an excellent chance for men to get acquainted with the peculiarities and the methods of the various instructors. The lectures will give outlines of the following special topics: General scope and History of Classical Philology, Chronology, Grammar and Lexicography, Political History...