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...house and the river, there to erect an enduring memorial to Mr. Longfellow, and to keep the spot, doubly rich in associations, forever open to the people. It is also included within the plans of the association to provide for the permanent preservation of the house, should it ever pass out of the possession of the family of Mr. Longfellow. In order to accomplish this, or to erect some other public and appropriate memorial near the scenes of the poet's life, this association calls for a national subscription. It asks for contributions of one dollar each, for which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LONGFELLOW MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. | 5/17/1882 | See Source »

...have ever read "Verdant Green" you will be better able to appreciate Benjamin Emilius Butterfield's state of mind on coming to Cambridge. He felt very much as Verdant Green must have felt at his first wine party. He had been invited by a friend to meet a few men, and have a quiet talk over a glass of wine, and he had prepared himself accordingly, and in dress coat and white tie, he went prepared to hear edifying discussions and profound deductions from the data gathered during years of hard study. To his surprise, on entering a room, filled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAUSETTE DE LUNDI. | 5/15/1882 | See Source »

...opinion was that the Law School would win, with the Juniors ('80) second. The result was very different. '79 was followed at an interval of a few feet by '81. The Law School was third, Juniors fourth, and Freshmen last. The race between '79 and '81 was the closest ever witnessed in college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EIGHT-OARED CLASS RACES AT HARVARD. | 5/13/1882 | See Source »

...spring races which are to be rowed today have been the centre of interest and speculation ever since the winter meetings. Today we are to witness the result of over two months' work. The excitement usually attending the event will probably not be as great as that of previous years because the struggle will not be as close. The seniors are regarded as having the best stroke and the advantages of longer training and more experience. The juniors are in a dilemma, their stroke, Mr. Perin, having been ill. Yet their strength, as a crew, is said by many...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/13/1882 | See Source »

...will have him a shingle printed, and even have it put in a nice gilt frame, with perhaps even a plush mat; but such childish and mean actions, if persisted in, will certainly result in serious discomfort to the guilty one if, as will surely happen sometime, he is ever detected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/11/1882 | See Source »