Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...evening, fully of witty sallies on the prominent members of the class. Mr. Painter, toastmaster, called on many of those present to reply to various toasts, which, with one or two exceptions, were answered in a bright, sprightly manner. The intervals between the toasts were filled up with familiar college songs, in which the entire class joined. The festivities of the evening were closed by singing "Fair Harvard," after which nine rousing cheers were given for Eighty-nine. The success of the dinner was due to the good management of the committee, Messrs. Parker, Keyes and Codman...
...catalogue for 1888-89 is bound in the color and style familiar to college men since '84, and follows, in the general arrangement of its matter, the catalogue of last year. The map of the vicinity of the college is inserted on the front cover; upon it appear recent changes in the residences of instructors and the addition to the Museums. The statutes of the university are changed by the insertion on page 25 of a paragraph stating the duties of the deputy treasurer. The rest of the statutes remain in the form of last year. Mr. Ames' name appears...
...Oscar Fay Adams, well known in literary circles both in and out of Cambridge, with the assistance of Prof, William J. Rolfe, the Shakespearian scholar. The book is mainly designed for young students of English literature, who, lacking time for an exhaustive study, are still desirous of becoming familiar with William Morris's work. Mr. Adams's selection of poems seems to be a very happy one for this purpose. The introduction, though short, is valuable to a just appreciation of the poet, and the excellent notes contribute largely both to the enjoyment and understanding of the poet. The volume...
...leave the present tariff as it is, or at least to reduce it as little as possible. They are trying to prove that the higher the taxes, the better off the people are. Colonel Codman then introduced Dr. William Everett. Dr. Everett said he should not go over the familiar old arguments. He had not come to answer the Republican claims that the greater the outlay the more a man can save; and that if the tariff is to be reduced, it should be reduced by the party who does not want to do it. It is the college...
...crew was lessened. The committee deprecated the state of affairs last year when they felt as thought they lacked the moral support of the University in their work. The defeat of the crew was the inevitable result of a race between an eight of veterans, rowing a familiar stroke, and a new eight rowing the same stroke for the first time...