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There are seven fraternities now represented at Brown, six of these being secret and one open. The Beta Chapter of the Delta Phi fraternity, which has been inactive here for several years, reappeared lately. It has twelve men enrolled from the junior, sophomore and freshmen classes. The Delta Upsilon, (open society,) held a convention here last fall, and is in a flourishing condition. The following list gives the societies in the order of their establishment at Brown, and the number of men in each; Alpa Delta Phi, 22; Delta Phi, 12; Psi Upsilon, 16; Beta Theta Pi, 30; Delta Kappa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTER FROM BROWN. | 1/12/1882 | See Source »

Last week, one W. P. Brown, a laborer in the Treasury Department, made a serious charge against Senator Sherman, before the Senate Committee. When put on oath yesterday he denied the statement, and confessed that the whole story...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 1/4/1882 | See Source »

...smiling imperceptibly and glancing at him for a moment]. - Brown, so I am told...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OH! | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...Jane: a pretty name; but 't won't do nowadays. You'll have to change it to Celinda, or some such. [Aside.] Why, what a neat figure she has. I wish she'd raise her eyes. [Aloud.] Are your eyes brown or blue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OH! | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...mouth shows decision and determination. She's rather opinionative. There's a deal of individuality about that forehead; and I war-want that beneath that depth of dark-brown hair there are some terrific uprisings of combativeness. That nose, too, just the least bit on the ascendency, bespeaks a fond relish for logomachy; it starts up just a little as if it sniffed the air for scents of strife and combat." Thus spoke my reflective, phrenological self. But my unphrenological, my natural self, exclaimed, "By the six consumptive sons of my goodie, this girl has a pretty face! Wonderfully pretty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE YALE GIRL. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »