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Word: characterize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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It is hard to believe that a class, which, by its prominence in nearly every line of University activity has thus far made a favorable impression on upperclassmen, can be lacking in common spirit to such an extent. It is possible that the very success of the class in athletics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/6/1898 | See Source »

A joint committee has been formed to secure an endowment for the Veterinary School, with the intent of enlarging its scope and giving it a distinctly scientific character by making it a school of comparative as well as veterinary medicine. The committee consists of Dr. David W. Chever '52 and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/4/1898 | See Source »

Professor Hollis spoke next on "Life in Modern Naval Vessels." Many believe that since steam has superseded sail "jack tar" has lost his peculiar characteristics. Not so. The sailor gets his character from the salt sea. He is a growler, yet when he must he does his work cheerfully. He...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOLDIER'S AND SAILOR'S LIFE. | 5/21/1898 | See Source »

It hardly seems necessary to call attention to the last three lectures in the course on "Soldier's and Sailor's Life," the character of the lectures is enough to guarantee an audience which will fill the theatre to overflowing. Dr. Burrell M. S. '79, who will open the evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/20/1898 | See Source »

F. O. White '99, in opening for Harvard, disclaimed any intention to argue against all immigration. The present laws, he said, are inadequate in that they do not exclude those whom they aim to exclude, and because they contain no provision for the exclusion of certain other undesirable immigrants. In...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD WINS | 5/12/1898 | See Source »

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