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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...moot court will be held at the Law School this afternoon, before Prof. Keener. O. Wister and J. A. Waterman will argue the case for the plaintiff; W. Williams and I. H. Bronson for the defendant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/29/1888 | See Source »

...neither to his power of versification, nor to his judgment in selecting such an extract for translation. The lines are disjointed and unmelodious, while the idea contained in them is so trivial and insignificant that only the most masterly treatment could have made it justifiable. Mr. Sempers and Mr. Wister contribute very readable articles. Of the two, Mr. Sempers' will appeal to the more purely literary element of the college, while Mr. Wister, by his rather colloquial style and less abstruse subject, will have more readers, though perhaps less appreciative ones. Mr. Bruce strikes a new note and gives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Monthly. | 12/17/1886 | See Source »

...Supreme Court of the Ames-Gray Law Club next year will be constituted as follows: Cushing, Gardiner, B. H. Lee, J. Lee, Simes, Weyse, Williston, Wister...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 4/17/1886 | See Source »

Yesterday's Advertiser contained a long letter from Owen Wister, the accomplished musical man of '82, on the Boston Symphony Concerts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/16/1885 | See Source »

...Warren A. Locke, '69, and our chapel organist have also won good names in the art. Mr. Heard, '70, has written some excellent songs, and Mr. Burdett, '81, sacred music of merit; while many of us are familiar with the college songs of Mr. Burton, '82, and Mr. Wister...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Music at Harvard. | 12/11/1884 | See Source »

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