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...time made was 10 minutes, 6 seconds, but the wash was very heavy from the launches following, and with all conditions considered, the time was creditable. The members of the first Yale crew received rather luxurious treatment after their afternoon work-out, for a rub-down and a bath was presented them on "The While-away," after which ceremony the trusty "Elihu Yale" took them back to the quarters
...Needle.'" The fact that Clyde Fitch was not born until some two hundred years after the writing of the comedy did not seem to count. But the conversation brings to light several interesting facts about the actual authorship of the play, generally attributed to John Still, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and formerly resident master of arts at Christ's College. However, there is no conclusive evidence of John Still's authorship, and the farce, "made by Mr. S., master of arts," as explained in some of the prints, could easily have been by Mr. William Stevenson or any other...
Among people comparatively civilized, the morning bath is regarded as an institution almost indispensable. Yet the Senior, particularly if he lives in one of the upper floors of a Yard dormitory, is practically denied the use of a bath between the hours of eight and nine every morning. He enters a shower whose value is mainly historical, turns on the water, and is greeted with a pitiful trickle as temperamentally hot and cold as a prima donna. Doubtless this is due to insufficient pressure in pumping the water, and not to a conspiracy to interfere with his ablutions. If cleanliness...
...list is as follows: Overcoats, 13; coats, 55; trousers, 61; vests, 50; shoes (pairs), 94; socks (pairs), 33; shirts, 75; collars, 151; neckties, 137; underclothes (suits), 15; pajamas (suits), 7; bath robes, 1; raincoats, 1; sweaters, 1; gloves (pairs), 5; hats, 17; caps, 15; text-books, 101; magazines...
...lungs: "There's a man in the house!" We shall not reach a permanent decision in a moment, or overnight. Speculation and doubt will probably ripen into mature choice only after considerable mental cultivation. But if one remains philosophically in the waters of the Pierian bath for a while, no doubt he will finally arise to cry "Eureka...