Word: greetings
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...That greet the sight at eventide...
...class of '80 have returned from their suspension repentant. No stamping of feet and knocking of canes now greet the unusually green-looking Freshman on his advent to chapel...
...greet the Chief Magistrate of our country, not as a stranger, but as a former student of the University, who returns to the fair scene of his youthful studies bringing sheaves of honor with him. We salute in him our beloved country, the beautiful, sweet mistress of us all. In her service Harvard has never counted any sacrifice too costly. Founded when Charles I. was King of England, this institution shared to the full the poverty and hardships in which the nation was cradled. When President Washington visited the College the whole value of the land, buildings, collections, and securities...
Come list the winter greet...
...school-girl of fifteen was by all odds the best, and was acted in a very vivacious and withal natural manner; but the closing scene, in which she attempted to initiate an impromptu baby-show, was simply ridiculous. However, a pleasant relief was afforded those persons who failed to greet the performance with that enthusiasm which was undoubtedly the correct thing to feel, by the introduction of music between every scene. This was gratefully received, and served to keep up the drooping spirits of the hearers until the close of the piece...