Word: question
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...glassy surface of the winding Charles, when he spied loosely imbedded in the broken ice along the bank an odd-shaped and quaint old bottle which looked as though it might have come over in that receptacle of all New England relics, the Mayflower. Now although the gentleman in question disclaims any attraction to or for bottles in general, this particular bottle proved too alluring, and a closer inspection was the result...
...Todd of New Haven, in a discussion on the Greek question, remarks that he does not believe there's a professor in Yale College to-day that can translate at sight, and without recourses to well-thumbed lexicons, a page of Greek or Latm with which he has had no previous acquaintance...
...daily papers are to some extent commenting on the ill-judged action of the Washington Harvard Club in refusing to allow certain members of the alumni to join the club, the only ostensible reason for their refusal being the fact that the candidates in question were colored. In other respects they were admitted to be of sufficient merit to be enrolled among the august assembly which thus sets itself up to judge its fellow men. One of the rejected candidates was the gentleman graduated last June, who read a commencement part on the history of his race since...
Shall Harvard give place to Yale in a question like this...
...sorry to learn that the article on "Goodies," which was published recently in the CRIMSON has given offence to, has even tendered to injure the reputation of, one whose promotions unfortunately exactly coincided with those of the Mrs. Obrien referred to in the article under question. We are very much surprised that the article should have been taken seriously by anyone; for it was not so intended, no particular goodie being in the mind of the author, only goodies in general...