Word: downs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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In regard to the requisites and chances of success, every man may have pretty much what he wants if he wants it hard enough, and every man will stop in his place when he gets there. Good physical qualifications are necessary. Nearly every successful lawyer breaks down in middle life...
Lately in the Advocate Mr. C. H. Barrows declares that if Harvard is to lead among our colleges, her graduates must be leaders among men, must be reformers. "The call," he says, "is for those of high culture to be pronounced, generous, and self-sacrificing." Few can doubt his words...
When the class of '38 graduated a new order of exercises was inaugurated. As soon as the morning programme was ended, the class committee placed a band in front of Stoughton, and as soon as the fair maidens could finish their ice cream and lemonade they were surprised by being...
A letter from Yale, published in a New York paper, contains a very able contradiction of the general belief that college life is degenerating into a life of athletics, impiety, and social dissipation. The same paper had previously printed a disparaging account of Yale's endeavors to get a new...
The athletic team which will represent Yale at Mott Haven next spring will be the strongest she has ever sent down, as there is more work being done in this branch of athletics than ever before. A desperate effort will be made to bring home the cup. The struggle between...