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...year 1882 finds Lasell Seminary busy and prosperous, rejoicing in the possession of a handsome new wing which almost doubles the size of the original building, yet, with all this additional room, the school is full to overflowing. The wing has long been needed, and as we enjoy its conveniences, we congratulate ourselves that it has come in our time. Among other things, one peculiarly "Lasellian" feature is the model kitchen, where our future housekeepers practise weekly the art and mystery of cooking. It is a pleasant sight to watch a group of enthusiastic girls at the work, with rolled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LASELL LETTER. | 1/14/1882 | See Source »

...neat little book has just appeared, for the use of the school, containing the recipes for the fifth year's course in cookery. The list of dishes is appetizing and varied, from the everyday fare of bread, roast beef and mutton cutlets, to such delicacies as orange soufflee, plum pudding with fairy butter, and frozen peaches. Certainly, after a few such courses, a girl ought to be thoroughly armed and equipped for the three-fold problem of feminine life, wherein the factors are John, Biddy and the contents of the market basket...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LASELL LETTER. | 1/14/1882 | See Source »

...foot lately, against that outgrowth of young Americanism, "slang," which has crept even into busy Lasell, and, strange to say, has seemed to find congenial soil, for it has flourished, as ill weeds proverbially do. On a general confession, it has been discovered, that every member of the school, with but one exception, is guilty of the use of slang, in a greater or less degree; and that exception - oh, my country women, is from over the border, an English citizen. It is amusing to find also, that while some confess their delinquencies with contrition, there is a strong party...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LASELL LETTER. | 1/14/1882 | See Source »

Scarlet fever prevails to an alarming extent at Buffalo, N. Y. In one school fifty pupils are down with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/14/1882 | See Source »

...Corcoran has donated a site for the new Columbian University building. The new building will be the home of the law school and of the scientific school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 1/13/1882 | See Source »