Word: accountable
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...expenses for a single year amounted to $ 184.68. The items in the account current were these : Clothing, $ 19.25 ; literature, $ 21.30 ; postage, $ 3.66; books (text and reference), $ 40.36 ; board, $ 34.06; rent and furniture, $ 37.10 ; car-fare, $ 14.50; washing, $1.59; miscellaneous, $9.56. The year's board bill, it seems, was only $ 34.06 ; and he affirms that he did not starve, but enjoyed perfect health. The members of the labor corps, he says, kept house, bought their own provisions, and cooked their food themselves...
...elaborate autobiography, with one's descent traced back to Adam, but only for a brief statement of the way in which and the place where the student's life has been passed. We hope that the members of the class will give a tolerably detailed account of the way in which they have spent their college life, the societies they have been members of, their connection with athletics, the rooms they have occupied, and, if space is left, we would suggest that every one should append to his life a list of the electives he has taken while in college...
...those who have had the benefit of Professor Baxter's instructions in Elocution during the past three months must be sorry, on his account, for the cause, and on their own, for the fact of his temporary absence. Mr. Baxter not only was interested in his work, but he was able to interest others in it; his absence is certainly not needed to make us recognize his value, and we trust that his health will soon permit him to resume his work among us. Meanwhile the College has been fortunate in securing the services of Mr. George Riddle to fill...
...dates for the winter meeting of the Athletic Association have been fixed for Saturdays, March 9, 16, and 23. The hour of the tournaments has been changed from 11 A. M. to 2 P. M., on account of the Freshman examinations, the hours of which, it will be remembered, conflicted seriously last year with the programme of the sports...
...Record will admit that we have sins enough of our own to atone for without being called to account for the misdeeds of others. We must decline, therefore to be responsible for "They All Do It," and "That Husband of Mine," - articles which appeared in the Advocate...