Word: lateral
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Belknap, in my later days...
...course, centres in him. The minor parts, notably Gretchen, are not so well taken as they should be. Saturday night, Joseph Proctor as the Jibbenainosay, with Miss Annie Proctor as Tellie Doe. Monday, the Ideal Opera Company will give Gilbert and Sullivan's "Sorcerer," which is well worth hearing. Later, "The Prince of Palermo," an adaptation of Suppe's "Boccaccio," is promised by the same company...
...least, there should not be some influence at work against the feeling, "We don't care for abroad," which so often finds expression in America. At Oxford, the debates of the Union do much to keep alive an intelligent interest in matters that every gentleman must, sooner or later, be acquainted with. There, it is "the thing" to think and to talk about them, and to take part in the Union debates. Here, it is not; and this lies at the root of the matter. Until men who are prominent in college take the lead, as once they...
...result has been continual "walk-overs" for the lucky few. No doubt, it is unpleasant to lose in a contest, but there is almost as much satisfaction in losing pluckily a well-fought race as in winning it. Besides, the man who perseveres is bound, sooner or later, to come out creditably. Laziness and indifference have also a large share of influence in keeping men from entering. The former, at best, is unmanly, while as to the latter no one has a right to be indifferent to seeing his college take a second or third-rate position in athletic sports...