Word: baths
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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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...
...proper place. Not even so much as a printed notice giving instructions as to the proper order of procedure appeared after a diligent search on my part. It sometimes happens that fellows go in with light clothing on, thus making of the pool not only a bath-tub, but a laundry-tub also...
...been hit, even when coming from Arras or the line farther north toward Ypres. On arrival in the hospital patients are at once seen by the receiving officer, who, in our service, was one of the residents, and by him sent either to the ward direct, to have a bath first, or to the operating-room, as each single case demanded. The largest number of admissions to the University Service in any 24 hour period was 33 cases. In the three months 295 new cases were allotted to us--an average of over 3 cases...