Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...able litterateur and a brilliant lecturer. In order to give his lecture here, Mr. Coquelin has been forced to make a considerable sacrifice, as his time in Boston is very limited and his friends numerous. For those who do not know enough French to be able to understand all that M. Coquelin will say, but who are none the less desirous of hearing the wonderful speaker, we would suggest that they can get the substance of what he will lecture upon by reading in Harper's Monthly of a few months past an article by M. Coquelin on the same...
...that there is a growing consensus of opinion pointing to absolute temperance, and that to succeed in life a man must follow in this opinion. In the speaker's college days men considered it necessary to take stimulants in order to become strong; but the athletes of to-day understand that in order to make the most of themselves they must practice total abstinence. In fact it is the growing opinion that if a man would fortify himself against the strains of human life he must leave alcohol alone. The speaker cited the case of the business man and declared...
...needs of the crowd coming out see the championship football games, and many and loud were the complaints on that score. The spectators will now have every opportunity of viewing a game with comfort, untormented by the constant fear of some rotten plank giving way under foot. We understand that the north side of the field will be improved in the same way, as the seats there are in an extremely dilapidated condition...
...organizations of the college. While the results have generally been creditable to the freshman classes, it is believed that the formation of a glee club composed of freshmen can be done much more systematically and profitably than heretofore if conducted by the officers of the 'Varsity Glee Club. We understand that the officers of the Glee Club are making arrangements for the organization of a glee club from the freshmen, and that a trial of candidates will be held in a few days. Let the singers among the freshmen practice their solos and be ready to present themselves when notice...
...materials for spreads must be carried in by attendants on foot; third, that between 4 p. m. and 11 p. m. attendants will not be allowed to enter or leave the yard with dishes, ice cream cans, etc. Seniors must see that their caterers understand these rules...