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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...really large Harvard was; we saw the Washington elm, Longfellow's house, Tufts college, and all the other great sights in the vicinity, and, true to Harvard instinct, were ready and able to talk about the region for miles around. When, however, we were asked if we had visited Wellesley, our invariable answer was "No;" but we always added that we had friends there, and had been invited out, but had never cared to go. We then, thought this was a wise answer, but now we see how foolish it must have seemed to those who heard...

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

...days ago we received a card, with the inscription,-"The President and Faculty of Wellesley College at home, Monday, Feb. 23, 1885, from 2.30 to 5 P.M." An enclosed note explained all, we were invited to the Reception given to the Wellesley Jnniors, by the Faculty. As it was against our principles to attend recitations on a national holiday, it may be readily imagined that the time we took to make up our minds about accepting the invitation was very short. Accordingly, last Monday afternoon, shortly after two o'clock, we found ourselves at Wellesley station, and there our good...

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

...Faculty of Wellesley will not allow the students to publish a paper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/24/1885 | See Source »

...writer himself cannot testify to the truth of this axiom, but on the strength of the testimony of many friends he asserts a strong belief in the same. The same reasons, however, that make "All's well that ends Wellesley," a self-evident fact, lend a similar charm to a place not many miles from Wellesley, a place which receives more or less attention from Harvard undergraduates, but which has been rather overshadowed in the columns of the CRIMSON by its more famous rival...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lasell. | 2/16/1885 | See Source »

From the full experience of Harvard students, an axiom has been established in our university, which is as firmly founded as an axiom of English. It has taken the Shakesperian form, "All's well that ends Wellesley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lasell. | 2/16/1885 | See Source »

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