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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...over the theft of the ivy since it became known and have decided to plant another of the several slips from General Lee's grave which were originally sent and also on a proposition of Wallace Bruce '67, a slip from the grave of Theodore Winthrop. the poet and writer, who was one of the first Yale officers to meet death in the Union army. The planting of the ivies will be made a notable event and the plan of having Ex-Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina, deliver the oration, is being favorably considered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale '96 Class Ivy. | 10/2/1896 | See Source »

...things the function of man is to serve his fellows. The function of the poet and the writer is to give humanity ideals worth the having. The realism which simply tells us what life is not a worthy, because not a serving form of literature. The true preacher is he who has the right spirit and the power to impart it to others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BACCALAUREATE SERMON. | 6/15/1896 | See Source »

...writer of the communication says there is now left little more than a week before the Crew will leave for Poughkeepsie, but in that week we may show the men who must pull the Harvard boat first across the finish line on June 26th, that we have confidence in them, and appreciate their work, however indifferent we may have seemed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/29/1896 | See Source »

...writer feels that he is voicing the opinion of a great number of his fellows when he says that, though there is no statute in Massachusetts requiring Harvard College to fly the American flag over her buildings, it is right and proper that it should be done. Thought we may not to able to indict our trustees for their neglect, we may at least persuade them to raise the stars and stripes over University Hall. A flag would cost little. Who shall say that it would detract from beauty of the yard? I hope sincerely that at Memorial Day Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 5/26/1896 | See Source »

After describing the nature of the Arabic language and its system, Dr. Torrey went on to give an account of the rise of its poetry. Among the peculiarities of Arabic poetry is a law which requires writers to begin all kinds of poems with praise of his sweetheart. Arabian histories are very tiresome, for every writer begins his history with the beginning of the world. The language is rich in fiction and the "Thousand and One Nights" is the greatest story book in the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Torrey's Lecture. | 5/15/1896 | See Source »

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