Word: bedding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dedication of what was then the finest building belonging to Harvard college. Such was its fame at the time that people went to Cambridge to see Divinity Hall. The building, however, does not satisfy the present needs of the school, It is necessary for a student to have his bed in a small alcove of his study, and this with many other inconveniences, makes the rooms very undesirable. The valuable library is in very great danger of fire, as the building is not fire proof. A considerable amount of money has been subscribed for remodeling the interior of the building...
...despised and rejected. He was the hewer of wood and drawer of water for all his sophomore neighbors. He was regarded as the legitimate and proper object of all manner of "cussing," in dignity and torture. He was hazed. He was smoked out. He was dragged from his bed and given the pump bath. He was caused to mount his table and entertain his visitors with unspontaneous oratory, narrative and song. All these acts of discipline were performed, if not with acquiescence by the faculty, certainly with impunity...
...second building contains the dormitories, with study rooms, connected with the bed chambers of the students. A third building, 80x74, is intended for a gymnasium, with all the most perfect appliances, office, bathrooms, a dressing and an examination room. The laundry occupies a fourth building. The trustees of this college. under the will of the founder, are to be members of the Society of Friends. Some of the managers of the old Haverford school, now converted into a college, are also trustees of the Bryn Mawr institution. A part of its faculty has already been selected. Miss M. Carey Thomas...
...staying, wanted to change some plates from one box to another. This must be done in the dark, there was no closet in the hotel room and so the bright idea occurred to him of spreading out an extra blanket and a rubber water-proof on the bed, and then crawling beneath the bedclothes to shift his plates. The landlady whose suspicion had been roused by the strange actions and apparatus of the photographer, happened to come into the room during this operation, and seeing two legs sticking out of the bed where the head ought to be. seized...
...better able to judge of the effects of our present system that he is now, and he will then be prepared to express an intelligent opinion concerning it. He is mistaken in supposing that it is only the men who "indulge in expensive sprees, and go to bed regularly at 2 P. M." as he somewhat vulgarly puts it, that wish to do away with compulsory prayers. On the contrary, it is the desire of those who have the interests of the college most at heart, that, for the honor of Harvard, the present system be given...