Word: adornment
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...addition to the ornaments of Snodkin's room, which I have mentioned, were things of more worth and beauty, if not of more interest. Bric-a-brac of every sort, photo, paintings and so on, adorn the walls, which are literally covered from ceiling to wainscoting. Among them a piece made from the uniform worn on November 3, a wonderful combination of plug hat, torch, uniform and "black bottle...
...freshmen are busily engaged plundering street lamps for '88'5 to adorn their rooms...
There are in the several colleges about three thousand men. Of these, it is estimated twenty-five hundred are the sons of the aristocracy and country gentlemen who are not fitting themselves to earn a living, but only to guide and adorn society. Most of these men come up to university, not to give much time to academic work, but to receive that air of refinement and that touch of grace which tradition says one only gets at Oxford or Cambridge. Their academic work has been done already at one of the great public schools or under private tutors. Then...
...Memorial Hall at Cambridge. The subjects treated in the two compartments are in strong contrast to the figures of the youthful soldiers in the deep-toned battle picture or the opposite side of the hall. Homer the mighty, Virgil the sweet-voiced, are the figures chosen to adorn this window. The composition is charming. The fault which some people have found with the '60 window, of its admitting too little light, cannot here apply. It is pale in tone compared to the window just named, and lets in as much light as the weak casement at its side...
...this time. Sophomores were banished to the top stories, while seniors and juniors occupied the second and third floors respectively. The prices of rooms at this time, it may be remembered, were much lower than at present, and it may be that the tables of expenses, which now adorn the catalogue, had their origin then. The old system was continued well into the sixties, when it was given up, and, after several changes, the present system was adopted, which is certainly more acceptable and decidedly fairer...