Word: affaires
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...race with Columbia, we are heartily in favor of its discontinuance. There is little use in using up our crew for its contest with Yale, and that is about all the good that the Columbia race does. If the affair was nothing but a practice pull, it would be a good thing, but it has ceased to be that. It has become a hard, stubborn fight and presupposing that the Yale race is no walk-over, no eight men can pull the four miles the second time in one week, with a fair prospect for success. The boat club would...
...spite of the disgraceful affair of last spring, that inevitably detracted somewhat from the society's good name, the Union promises to start out this year with new life and it is safe to predict that the scene of last year will not be repeated. The great good to be obtained from speaking at the debates cannot be over estimated. No man need hesitate from modesty of his own ability; everybody may feel certain of a cordial reception, and the faults of inexperienced speakers are gladly overlooked...
...night the great reception to Gen. Paine and Mr. Burgess takes place in Faneuil Hall, Boston. The committee of arrangements includes many of the most prominent men of Boston and the affair promises to be very successful. All Harvard students are cordially invited to attend...
...worth doing at all is worth doing well, and we would recommend to every nascent Victor Hugo - we are all such, of course - that instead of choosing topics that are easy to treat and hard to criticise - "Moonrise at Sea", "The Character of the Biography of Y", or "The Affair of No. 13 Rue Ghenna" - he should exercise his powers upon subjects less seductive, and harder to treat, perhaps, but affording greater opportunities for criticism, and less facility for masking bad work. It is easy to make a bad story about Antipodeans pass muster, whereas a faulty account of things...
...Haven is to have a celebration the 17th of this month. Yale is to be represented therein, as the students consider that the affair would not be a success without their presence...