Word: younger
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...past and spoke of the future prospects and plans. After the conclusion of Pres. Dwight's address, Senator Davis arose and said: "Our alma mater was never so strong, never so full of vigor, although in her two hundredth year, as she is today. The older she grows the younger she is. She has come to what she is, because she is a growth and not a creation. She has grown to it. She is like a tree that spreads out its branches and extends its roots down deep into the earth. So has Yale done, and how rich...
...gratifying to see that the "push" and energy for which the inhabitants of the great northwest are famous is showing itself here in the younger generation by the formation of the Minnesota Club. At the present time there are only a few men here from that state, and it is always pleasant for students coming from the same section of country to be on more intimate terms with each other than a mere nodding acquaintance. The twin cities of Minnesota, St. Paul and Minneapolis, have grown enormously during the past few years and the young men are looking...
...some years, and therefore look upon the matter in a calmer, more impartial way than could be expected among the students. These opinions should be respected by the Overseers, especially as they go far towards disproving many of the assumptions made in the report. The majority of the younger Alumni probably agree with Mr. Dana and Mr. Wendell-at least these two gentlemen are very fair representatives of the larger body, and to them is due the gratitude of the students, for expressing their views in such a decided and emphatic manner...
Prof. Shaler has advised the class in N. H. IV to read Professor Croswell's translation of the younger Pliny's letters which appear in one of the articles on "Volcanoes" in a recent number of Scribner's Magazine...
...article on "Volcanoes" in Scribner's Magazine for February, there will appear a translation by Prof. J. G. Crosswell, of the famous letters of the younger Pliny to Tacitus, describing the great eruption of Vesuvius in 63, A. D. It is believed that this is the best translation of these letters which has yet appeared...