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...SCENE, recitation-room of a Latin elective...
...greet the Chief Magistrate of our country, not as a stranger, but as a former student of the University, who returns to the fair scene of his youthful studies bringing sheaves of honor with him. We salute in him our beloved country, the beautiful, sweet mistress of us all. In her service Harvard has never counted any sacrifice too costly. Founded when Charles I. was King of England, this institution shared to the full the poverty and hardships in which the nation was cradled. When President Washington visited the College the whole value of the land, buildings, collections, and securities...
...LEANED far out my window this May-morn To catch the scene so beautiful. Bright flowers Loaded the air with fragrance from rose-bowers, Freshening my heart by cruel fate uptorn. Nestling in new-clothed maples, the robin, born...
...these hours is unfortunately an uncertain quantity. If we win the match, the spectators of the contest will adjourn to the various spreads with light hearts and excellent appetites, the evening will wear happily away, and when the lanterns begin to fall our guests will reluctantly depart from the scene of revelry. If a cruel fate decides the contest otherwise, the result will be - But no, we decline to consider this side of the question. We rejoice that "our latest, largest class" is after all not to "dip out like a penny candle," and we sincerely trust that...
...river near the boat-house, since the warm weather has come on, presents quite a lively scene of an afternoon, between half past four and six, and more frequently may be seen the hapless tyro swimming toward the float with his dismantled shell...