Word: first
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...looking over the Acta Columbiana for July 12, when some familiar verses in the "Exchange Notes" caught my eye. The editor had a discussion of college verses in general, and first a compliment to, and then a grind on, "Harvard Poems" in particular. He is very severe, but chooses as a "remarkable exception" and "real poetry" a beautiful little poem published in the Crimson some time ago, "Blonde and Brunette." His next choice, he says, "deserves an honorable place in college poetry," though published where he "would by no means have looked for it." namely, in the Vidette. After...
...college I have written a series of Essays on various subjects. They are bound in blue, and are to be found at the Secretary's office. I organized the Philomusagothespian Society; but, owing to lack of support from the College, the Society was obliged to disband. At first I boarded with my cousin Mr. Connors; but, for the last year, I have taken a suite of rooms in College House. My best friend was the President of the Porcelain Club. I did not know him very intimately, but I saw him constantly at a distance...
...first man who called upon him wore glasses and a long cloak, and carried the Fortnightly Review in his hand. He was a literary man, and said, "Respected Sir, this college demands a literary magazine. I leave you my essay on the 'Superstitions of Composition, in its Relation to Modern Thought,' for your first number...
...notwithstanding the hour, eleven o'clock, which probably prevented some from attending, about fifty gentlemen were present, with their expectations gauged by Mr. Perry's success last year. We do not, however, think they were fully met, though through no fault of the lecturer. In such a course the first lecture must be more or less introductory, and in proportion as it is so, the hearer has all the more difficulty in becoming interested. Then, too, it is rather hard for us to appreciate the dramatic attempts of the thirteenth century in England, when Noah's Ark and Balaam...
PROFESSOR FISKE gave his first lecture in the series on the "History of America," Monday evening, at the Hawthorne Rooms. The second lecture, "Spanish and French Explorers," was given last evening. The others are to be on the following dates: Monday, December 8, "The Struggle between France and England;" Thursday, December 11, "The Thirteen Colonies;" Monday, December 15, "Causes of the Revolution;" Thursday, December 18, "The English Race and its Manifest Destiny...