Word: witnesses
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boston amateur. This opera is said to have made a hit when given previously some years ago. The scene is laid on the renowned shores of Cape Cod when unusual visitors in the shape of pirates and smugglers, cut capers and make love. The songs are bright, the wit not buffooning, and the music much above that of the average Comic Opera Perhaps the greatest attraction is that the leading parts are all taken by prominent singers, such as Miss Edmunds and Miss Starkweather, Messrs. Babcock, Brine, Fessenden and Bartlett. Mr. Cary has been induced to give this one performance...
...Columbiad has a cut of Laocoon and the snake. Laocoon is Columbia, the two sons are Harvard and Princeton, and the snake is Yale. This is an unusual display of wit for the Columbia...
...certain freshmen in Prof. Lovering's course. We find by a communication which appears in to-day's issue that this loose behavior is not by any means confined to the course in physics, but pervades to a lesser extent several other freshman courses. Some freshmen evidently lack the wit and common sense to understand that because they are not forced to act in a certain manner during lectures, that they are perfectly free to abuse this privilege howsoever they see fit, "from rolling pennies down the aisle," to reading papers and talking. To men who are given to such...
...Hill: "Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson...
...come to college, but should have another year or two at the primary school. We do not want such overgrown babies at Harvard. They should remember that to insult an instructor in the performance of his duty is a very low and despicable form of wit. Moreover, it will not be tolerated here. The freshmen had better take this warning to heart...