Word: peculiar
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...main feature of the evening was of course the speaking, and this, though mainly laudatory, will no doubt have a salutary effect upon our athletics. From this point of view the speech of Mr. Winslow, '85, was of peculiar interest. The suggestions which he made were timely. In the past there has been too little unity of action in athletics, between faculty, graduates, and students. It is this unity which we most need and which we must cultivate. Harvard athletics will need every honest effort which can be put forth in their behalf. It is our sincere hope that...
...Cambridge in which the college buildings are situated, the death rate is only about nine in one thousand for all ages, no higher than the death rate for the most favored ages in the state at large. Thus it will be seen that Harvard college is in a peculiarly healthy position. It is impossible to ascertain exactly what the mortality of the students is in any given year, for when a man falls sick he leaves college, and the authorities may never know whether he recovers or dies. But it is safe to assert from the experience of the physicians...
...students assembled in Sever 11 yesterday afternoon to hear Dr. Tarbell's lecture on Socrates. He said that there is no really known figure of Socrates, yet from the symposia of Xenenhon and Plato we are enabled to gain some idea of his face with its rolling lips and peculiar nose. Socrates was born in 464 or 465 B. C. and died in 399. His life was contemporaneous with the age of Pericles and the Peloponnesian war, and it was in this war that he showed his sturdy constitution which enabled him to endure hardships and even excesses without detriment...
Miss Annie Pixley and company opened a two week's engagement at Tremont Theatre last evening in the new comedy, "22, Second Floor." Miss Pixley finds abundant opportunities for her peculiar talents in this modern comedy of errors, and it is needless to add that she improves them all. Her singing and dancing were as usual received with great favor. Her supporting compan is good, and gave a well balanced, pleasing performance...
...might best serve his college by excelling in athletics, but while it is a good thing to excel in body, in strength and in health, only a few can possibly serve the college in this way. There are other ways for you to serve the college. Harvard represents a peculiar policy of government; a policy which gives freedom to its students and which can only be successful as its results are successful. Students ought to feel this and act accordingly. The average behavior is much better than that of a few years ago but we still have some survivals...