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Word: waited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wait for the coming of Mirabel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIRABEL, THE FOREST FAIRY. | 6/13/1879 | See Source »

...that these men should have what little distinction they can get out of their position, for it is the only reward their fellow-students can be stow upon them. The Lacrosse team is a good one, but they have never played a match game since their organization. Let them wait till they have done something more than to play practice games in Cambridge, - in a word, till they have earned their colors, and then no one will object to their wearing them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 6/13/1879 | See Source »

...notices, not too small to be read with the naked eye, of any delay in serving meals. We do not see how the convenience of having all the members of a large elective examined in one room affords any justification for making over six hundred men wait an hour for their lunch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/13/1879 | See Source »

...toasts and songs; Mr. E. H. Baker acting as toast-master, and Mr. E. S. Wentworth as chorister. The first toast was "The Athenaeum of '81," to which Mr. J. C. Rolfe responded. Then followed, between the songs, "The First Ten from '82," responded to by Mr. W. C. Wait, '82; "The Class of '81," by Mr. H. E. Seaver; "The Class of '82," by Mr. J. McG. Foster, '82; "The Class Crew," by Mr. C. M. Hemenway; "The Supper Committee," by Mr. W. H. Wade; "The Athenaeum Actors," by Mr. J. L. Paine; "The Standing Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ATHENAEUM SUPPER. | 6/13/1879 | See Source »

...SHOULD like to remonstrate against the publication of the names of those who present themselves at the examinations for Honors. As a number of the candidates are always unsuccessful, it would be much better to wait till the list of those who obtain Honors is published, instead of printing the names of the unsuccessful candidates as well. A man who undergoes the labor of preparing for these examinations, and yet fails, is naturally sensitive about having his failure made known, and I can say for myself that I should have had much more hesitation about going in had I known...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 5/16/1879 | See Source »

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