Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...esteem in which Harvard was held by Princeton men. He said that if Harvard College should abolish Greek and Latin and prayers, as was proposed, American fathers would be obliged to send their sons to Princeton for the classics and religion, and to Yale for foot-ball. [Laughter.] The Hon. John P. Washburne, of Worcester, spoke briefly as a representative of the Harvard class of '53. He said that that class had given to Harvard its present president. As it was true that John Harvard founded Harvard College, is was equally true that Charles Eliot founded Harvard University...
...thousand of those who have listened to the salutations this commencement season could intelligently follow the speakers, but that could an old-time Attic Greek, or a Ciceronian Roman listen to the modern 'commencement' orations in the original tongues, he would be beside himself with a laughter at the queer jumble. Doubtless the average senior Latin or Greek oration bears pretty much such a resemblance to the oration of classic days as Prof. Hubner's (Leipsig) English does to Macaulay. Meeting an American friend, in reply to an inquiry as to his health, Prof, Hubner, anxious to air his familiarity...
...17th. But alas! no one could draw up a satisfactory list of students. The President, the Dean, and three or four of the professors tried it, but everyone was dissatisfied with everybody else's list. And from a few students, to whom the lists were shown, they elicited only laughter. This made the committee feel very shaky; they thought that perhaps the conference committee is after all impracticable, and some other scheme might better be devised...
...remarks at the Harvard Club dinner, at Delmonicos' last Thursday, Mr. C. M. Depew, president of the Yale Club, said: "In many things Yale is content to follow and learn of Harvard. This willingness extended even to New London;" and before the laughter had died away the speaker continued, "And last fall and the fall before and I don't know how many more falls, Yale also followed Harvard across the foot-ball field up town...
...president. You made him an overseer. And, gentlemen, it is happening that men are going to college so they may join the club, and they join this club because they may become its president, and they seek to become president in order that they may become overseer." [Laughter...