Word: fruitful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There is a saying somewhere that certain seed "fell into good ground and brought forth fruit, some a hundred fold." The communication printed in another column in reference to a previous editorial on "religious decadence" at Harvard, as pictured in a prominent New York paper, is surely of the "hundred fold." We fully appreciate the shock which the writer's devout spirit has experienced at our "gross misrepresentation" of the article in question. It has never been the custom for a non-sectarian college newspaper man to read between the lines even in "his excitement." Nor is "his anger" aroused...
Orders for fruit can be sent down at Memorial at dinner to be filled immediately on the arrival of the student at breakfast in the morning...
...take advantage of the culture and facilities of the place. Now it happened that the members of the Facultas received very meagre salaries for their arduous and valuable services, while the Board consisted of men who were either very wealthy, or lived on fame-a kind of ambrosial fruit, which was said to possess peculiar properties, and insured the fortunate eater happiness and sustenance...
...trying for the Mott Haven team, who board at Memorial, will be allowed to order steak, chops, eggs, fresh fruit and vegetables, to the value of $2.00 per week, at the expense of the H. A. A. All such orders charged to them must be marked with the letters H. A. A., besides being signed with the writer's name as usual. All candidates for the team are required to assemble in front of Matthews, at 8 o'clock, every morning, and to be in bed by 10.30 every night...
...Smith, '85, read his prize dissertation on the "Political and Economic Results of the Seven Years' War," before an appreciative audience in Sever 11 last evening. The essay was the fruit of careful study, and showed great familiarity with the subject. It was very well received, and deserved a much larger audience...