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Word: wellesley (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...oasis with its shady groves and fair flowers, with its restful hospitality, we are entranced; for a time we think ourselves in a different world, where, indeed, we really are; and, when we push on again into the desert, we first think and then write of our past pleasures. Wellesley, Lasell, and Boston University, nay, even the Annex, have given refreshment to many a Harvard traveller, and doubtless will refresh many more to come; but not of them but of still another oasis would I write, of one that is just as refreshing, just as hospitable, just as shady, with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New England Conservatory of Music. | 5/9/1885 | See Source »

...Association of Collegiate Alumnae held a meeting at the Boston University, Saturday afternoon. Unis Mary Freeman, president of Wellesley College presided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/23/1885 | See Source »

...Wellesley Shakspere Club will attend the lecture of Henry Irving, in Sanders Theatre. A section has been reserved for them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/19/1885 | See Source »

...almost wept in pity when we thought of the sorrow in the college when the day for final packing up came. Our sadness soon passed away, however, for at the next moment we were again in the corridor, and for the next two hours were talking Wellesley, Harvard, Athletics, Prayers and Greek. How much we talked! Junior after junior was introduced, and when one set of girls got tired of talking, they would bring up a relief set. We were introduced to the president of the college and various members of the faculty; to the president...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Junior Reception at Wellesley. | 3/2/1885 | See Source »

...better word-when the institution we are permitted to visit is, in every sense of the word, a sister college. It is only too true that the great body of the "men who are studying at Cambridge" are unacquainted, save by hearsay, with the mores that prevail at Wellesley, but we venture to make the assertion that this state of things would not endure for a moment if we could but be fortunate enough to receive one of the highly-prized "bids" to a Wellesley Junior Reception...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/2/1885 | See Source »

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