Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Remembering the small score, 2 to 0, by which Harvard defeated Williams last spring, the following, from the Argo, will be of interest: "Williams may well be proud of the material which it will be possible to put into the base ball field with the opening of spring. Not only have we the men composing our last year's team, Safford '84 excepted, but there are several competitors who would do honor to any nine, and if fortune continues to smile, our record for '85 will surpass that of the past season...
Speaking of the connection of the famous Judge Story with the Harvard Law Scholl during the early part of this century, an exchange says: "It was Harvard Law School, more than any other faculty, which made that university famous in its earlier history, and gave her the proud position she holds to-day in the estimation of the United States...
...most interesting walks in the vicinity of Cambridge, is the walk to Tufts College. Although Tufts is our nearest neighbor, it receives far less attention from us than many other colleges which are more widely separated from us. The college buildings are situated upon "a terminal moraine" as the proud man of Tufts never neglects an opportunity of telling his amazed visitor. The buildings are modern and very convenient, and were it not for their exposed situation during the winter, though this is undoubtedly partially compensated for by their very pleasant situation during the warmer months, the dormitories of Tufts...
...opens with an invocation to the Almighty and the All-wise, and thanks Him that He has put it into the hearts of men to "build this academy," and that "amid all the discouragement the work has gone forward," until the edifice, "now a temple of beauty, lifts its proud turrets above the oaks of the forest." But this paean abruptly changes into a confession, as follows...
...this country poor scholars sometimes act as hotel waiters during the vacation to make money enough for next term, but their energy does not compare with that of a young Russian Jew, now studying chemistry at Berlin, Too poor to carry on his studies unaided, and too proud to receive help, he has got employment in the night brigade of street scavengers, and works away briskly for a small wage.-N. Y. Post...