Word: waning
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Gondoliers.The second week of The Gondoliers began last evening at the Globe Theatre. The crowded house and the liberal applauselit bestowed on the charming opera gave ample evidence that the popularity of Gilbert and Sullivan's latest work is by no means on the wane...
...religious tone and feelings of the university seemed to be undergoing something of a crisis; and it was at that point that the great undergraduate body of men showed, by their enthusiastic support of the Globe meetings, that religious tendencies at Harvard were on the increase rather than the wane. Since that time we believe that the religious life of the men here at Cambridge has grown more healthy, and that the same readiness will be displayed by them in taking a lively interest in the aid and encouragement of the present meetings. The gatherings will be held every Sunday...