Word: witness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Athletic Association has decided to hold the winter meetings one week earlier than usual this year, to wit: March...
...final toast of fair Harvard, all arose and the song was given with a will. Though this formally ended the regular exercises of the evening, many lingered to exchange personal greetings and congratulations. The affair was acknowledged to have been a decided success, although the otherwise ready flow of wit and humor was, to a certain extent, held in check by the consciousness of the recent death of Mr. Cutter, the ex-secretary of the Association. This lamented occurrence led to the postponement of the dinner from Jan. 1st, and accounts for the almost total absence of undergraduates, as college...
...anticipations, but we suppose some few are compelled to remain in Cambridge, and seek mental strength from the library, and physical satisfaction from the Christmas dinner at Memorial. For the Jester and our associate the Advocate, we would wish all the blessings of the season and renewed strength of wit and literary acumen. We rejoice in the thought that the faculty can now have a few days in which to repair their wasted energies and gird themselves for the semis. We hope that the torture they are about to inflict will not detract from the pleasures of Christmas time...
Yesterday was commencement day at Brown and our nine went to Providence to play an exhibition game with the Brown men. About 200 graduates, undergraduates and lady friends wit nessed the champions administer a telling defeat to the home nine. The game was played upon the "celebrated" ball field just behind the college buildings, noted for its short left field, hilly right field and the stone church at left centre...
...have to do with the use of English in the schools in any form and for any purpose. It requires intelligent supervision at one time, intelligent want of supervision at another time, and watchful attention constantly. It requires a quick sense of individual needs, and ready wit to provide for them as they arise...