Word: possess
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...most flourishing condition. Two new features of enjoyment have this year been introduced, through the enterprise of the present Sophomore Class, though they are in no wise intended to interfere with its distinctively literary character: first, singing in the Yard, which exhibits excellent training, and shows the society to possess many fine voices; second, occasional theatrical entertainments. For this purpose, they have enlarged the stage in Upper Holden, and obtained a proscenium, curtain, and an excellent stock of scenery. The first performance takes place this evening, and we have no doubt will prove highly successful...
...successful life, and which leads him to place a barrier between himself and his associates, ought to be strenuously guarded against by all such, and he should endeavor, by a more friendly association with his friends, to call into action those hidden springs of feeling which all possess to a greater or less degree, needing only culture to form the strong ties of friendships which are as oases along the otherwise desert path of life...
...have received a communication bearing rather hard on the two Sophomore societies, the Institute and the Athenaeum. It accuses them of electing men simply because they possess musical talent, and without regard to their literary ability. We have received many communications, since the paper was started, criticising the action of societies in various ways, and we have uniformly declined to publish them, for these reasons: in the first place, it has generally been very evident that the writer, not being a member of the society which he criticised, knew very little about that which he discussed; and then...
...impossible to conceive how, in the present nature of things, making a noise can be avoided. All students do not possess Carker-like proclivities, and we may expect that noises will continue to be made. The faith of those who believe snowballs will not be thrown in the Yard this winter will be much weakened at the first snowstorm...
...Americans are interested in, though their knowledge of them may be somewhat confused, such as the peculiar characteristics of the Oxford and Cambridge universities, the advantages and disadvantages of the different professions in England, etc. The anecdotes and stories about distinguished persons, of which Mr. Arnold appears to possess an unfailing supply, are certainly the newest things in the book, and, perhaps, the best. They relate to men of all times and nations, and contain in themselves a vast store of curious, amusing, and suggestive literary information...