Word: boston
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...BOSTON, June 18, 1879."MY DEAR FRIEND, - I am invited to Mr. Holworthy's spread on Class Day, and hope to see you there. You know we have not met since that delightful summer which we spent together at Mt. Desert. You were a Freshman then. How long ago it seems, and how nice it will be to find you almost a Senior! Perhaps you are changed, too. Indeed, I am not sure that I should know you, for, what do you think? I had the misfortune to bow to a gentleman in the street, thinking...
LILLIE M. F."P. S. - I have been in Boston only a day, or I should have sent out my card. I shall be delighted to see you after Class...
...enjoyed Class Day, have you? Met some interesting girls, I suppose. It 's all very pleasant for you Boston men, but it has been a sober day for me. I did n't mind being turned out of my room, but it was rather hard to be kicked out of Memorial Hall by two infuriated college officers, after I had stolen up through the cellar with the hope of avoiding the rush at the door. Such treatment, ruffles the dignity of a Junior, you know. Of course I liked the exercises, but the Seniors did n't look sad enough...
...make it a custom in future. The number of students who have been favored is comparatively small; but such social advantages would be valuable to all students, especially to those who do not have access to Cambridge society. Many Harvard men have no friends in the neighborhood of Boston, and are thus deprived of society at a time when it would be of the greatest benefit to them. There are many, also, who are not attracted by the form in which Cambridge society is at present offered to them, but who would enjoy an occasional evening at a professor...
...healthy, robust, clear appearance young men of their age should present. Dr. Sargent of New York, a thoroughly educated physician and a gymnast with few equals, has devoted himself to exercise instead of drugs in the practice of his profession, and is meeting with deserved success. Mr. Ferris of Boston is known to very many of the Harvard students and graduates as an admirable superintendent and gymnast as well as an excellent...