Word: wente
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...learn are as follows in regard to the foot ball championship. The regular convention is held a week after the Thanksgiving game, and at this meeting the championship is decided. This year, however, Captain Richards was so severely injured that he feared, if he once went back to New Haven, he would be unable to return to New York within a month at the least. He accordingly requested the delegates, all of whom were then in New York, to have a special meeting immediately after Thanksgiving, in place of the regular meeting. To this of course the delegates willingly consented...
Buley '86, who was injured in the gymnasium recently, went home last Saturday, and will not return until after the recess...
From the Howden collection of autographs Mr. Gosse obtained several unprinted pieces. After reading these, Mr. Gosse spoke briefly upon the age in which Gray lived, and the place he occupied in it. Gray was isolated in his age, and went back for his teachers to Dryden and Cowley. He formed his style on these, and, in a less degree, on Milton and the Greek poets...
...plank walk is a great thing at Harvard, and so when we heard of the brand new walk in front of the Jefferson Laboratory, we went in a body to investigate, to see the new white boards and to ascertain if the walk afforded as good a see-saw as its brothers in the yard proper. Our investigation resulted in so much satisfaction and pleasure that we have deemed the matter worthy of editorial comment. It is our purpose here only to appear grateful for our small blessings; but perhaps also it will not be out of place to wish...
First, we went into the engine room, where is generated all the steam used in cooking. The boilers are high, but the engine is small, it being used principally to run the laundry which is connected with the kitchen. Here we can get some idea of the scale upon which our Dining Association is conducted. In this laundry, which is used almost exclusively for washing the soiled table linen, are employed four or five women, who have nothing to do except to attend to these duties. Here, too, are the latest improvements in machinery, which saves a vast amount...