Word: affaires
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...singing the Glee Club ever did." The Pierian played but twice, and received a warm response. The Banjo Club, as usual, made a decided hit. The two soloists, Mr. Loeb, '88, and Mr. Longworth, '91 were both encored. The managers are to be congratulated for the success of the affair, though the musical clubs get the credit of presenting the crew with something over $500, thus materially aiding their financial condition...
...night occurs the first class-dinner of Eighty-nine. Every one who has signed the book should make it a point to attend, for there is every prospect that the dinner will be a most enjoyable affair. There will be no formality, every one will feel at his ease, and nothing short of physical disability should prevent anyone from being present. To those who do not intend to go we would say that it is their loss, nobody's else. To those who intend to go we prophecy that they will be amply repaid for their trouble...
...series of athletic games has been arranged between the students of Yale and the men of the 21 Regiment, of Conn. The contests will be held at New Haven on the evenings of March 2 and 3. The arrangements have been extensive and the affair will be an undoubted success. A 16 lap track has been made in the armory. Two tug-of war contests, half-mile run, putting the shot, pole-vaulting, high kicking a bayonet race, standing high jump and fencing will comprise the first night's entertainment...
This year's candidates are being watched with the usual interest, for their race is an intercollegiate affair, and the men who partake in it are among the material to be counted upon in our future races. Thus their work is an important...
...Longfellow Memorial Fund, on the evening of the poet's birthday, Feb. 27th, promises to offer an unusually attractive programme. The object for which the entertainment is to be held is so worthy of encouragement, and the interest in the matter is so great, that the affair cannot fail to be a success. Several well-known authors have shown their interest by offering to read selections from their own works. Among them are the following: Julia Ward Howe, Edward Everett Hale, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William Winter, Louise Chandler Moulton, John Boyle O'Reilly, George Parsons Lathrop, Charles Follen Adams...