Word: familiar
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lectures of the kind that has ever been delived here and it is certain not only to be exceedingly entertaining but also of great value. Few members of the University have any real acquaintance with the history of Harvard during the last forty years. Every one of course is familiar with the great events that have marked that period, but very few know well the story of the gradual changes that have taken place as the horizon of the College has widened, both as regards the student life and the government of the University. The men that have been chosen...
...Class Day committee again urge all seniors who have any artistic or literary ability to submit respectively designs for Yard, Tree and Memorial tickets for Class Day, and hymns for Baccalaureate Sunday, written to some familiar tune, preferably "Benediction...
...reasons this plan of governing athletics by a committee appointed for the purpose seems a wiser one than that which gives the entire control to the captains of the different teams, which is the system adopted at the English universities. The more obvious advantages of the former arrangement are familiar enough to Harvard students. In the first place the athletic policy of the University is consistent in its various branches, and the different teams are governed by the same general rules. Then much trouble is avoided by having one source of authority instead of many. Finally, experience has proved that...
...Class Day Committee again urge all seniors who have any artistic or literary ability to submit respectively designs for Yard, Tree and Memorial tickets for Class Day, and hymns for Baccalaureate Sunday, written to some familiar tune, preferably "Benediction...
...public. The cast was a strong one, the individual members of the company seeming to be especially fitted for their respective parts. Mr. Wolff as the Lord Chancellor was thoroughly at home. Mr. Murray as Strephon, Mr. Persse as Mt. Ararat, and Mr. Wooley as Tolloller rendered the familiar airs with charming effect, while Miss Lane as Phyllus was even more dainty and bewitching than ever. Miss Mason sang Iolanthe with great clearness, Miss Leighton was sufficietly impressive as the Fairy Queen, ably seconded by her fairy lieutenants, Miss Ladd and Miss Quinlan...