Word: things
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...confidence. Judging from the manner in which the crew works, one would think there were great odds to contend against." The writer of the above evidently thinks that Yale has not heavy odds to contend against this year, or, in other words, that victory for Yale is an assured thing. Such expressions of confidence on the part of Yale should only urge our crew to renewed exertions. Yale will undoubtedly have one of the best crews she has ever put on the water, if not the best, and if Harvard wishes to send a crew to New London that will...
...Gummere's Section. Theme III. Subjects: 1. Influence of Immigration on our National Character; 2. Would it have been a good thing for England if Harold had conquered William in 1066, and so preserved the Saxon power? 3. A comparison of Shakspere's "Antony and Cleopatra" with Dryden's play on the same subject, "All for Love;" 4. The Choice of a Profession; 5. Shall we employ Chinese labor...
...their nine. When their manager first went around soliciting subscriptions, the prospects of getting enough money to run the nine successfully looked exceedingly dubious. After a good deal of urging, however, the freshmen have at last subscribed as large an amount as could reasonably be expected. Subscribing is one thing however, and paying up is another. The nine cannot be sent all over New England on subscriptions alone. We have been requested to ask the freshmen to pay their subscriptions at their earliest convenience, so that when the base ball season opens the manager of the nine will suffer...
...social position or political honor. This is doubly impressed upon his mind by his life in public schools, and finally becomes a very part of himself. He is taught to believe that the only requisite to success is education, and that in this country there is no such thing as being to the manner born. This feeling of personal independence is one of the most marked distinctions of the American mind, and its absence in the poorer and even middle classes of other countries is well known by every student of foreign character. It is, then, because of this that...
...about it to excite much thought or any partial feeling. When we are tired, we lie down, take up the last copy of the Sun, and are sure to fall immediately into blissful and quiet slumber. Now that the kidnapping excitement is over, and the freshman supper is a thing of the buried past, what will the poor Sun editor find to write about...