Word: shepherd
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...even at the beginning of the present one, it was thought no disgrace to "the cloth" to contest wrestling bouts in the north country. There was no money- that bane of all sports- to compete for. He wrestled for honor alone, and if "t' priest could thraw t' shepherd" more likely were his sermons to find their way to the hearts of his rustic parishioners. One clergyman, when he had got up in years, was wont to boast...
...time to take a book home, as it were, and make it part of himself. He never 'travels over the mind' of a great author till he becomes as familiar with its beauties and its nooks, its heights, its levels, and its denths, as a Cumberland shepherd with the mountains and valleys round about his home. He never looks upon his books as his friends. It is to his head, and not to his heart, that he wishes to take them; and he only cares to keep them there till they have served their purpose at the next examination...
...witless shepherd who persists to drive...
...opera of "Penekese" is to take place the last of April, and will doubtless be a great success. Those taking part are now rehearsing several times each week, and are rapidly becoming masters of it. The libretto was written by Mr. Buell, '83, and the music by Prof. Shepherd. The custom of holding class games is to be instituted this spring, and it is hoped that the experiment will prove a success. The spring games will take place at Hamilton Park, either...
...selection of Mr. J. J. Hayes to play the part of the aged and blind priest of Zeus, was probably as good a one as could have been made, as his voice and manner were exactly suited to such a character. Later in the play, however, as the Shepherd, he showed some room for improvement. His utterances were too stiff and forced to sound natural. The parts of Teiresias, and Messenger from Corinth, assumed by Mr. J. F. Hagan, and the Messenger from the Palace, by Mr. P. C. Hagar, a rising young actor of two or three years' standing...