Word: beers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hearers, and in order to maintain his aggressive standpoint successfully, and to convince his hearers of the truth of his statement, he gave a vivid description of one of these "drinking nights." The students form regular clubs whose constitution, by-laws, and members all centre about the beer-mug. A meeting is held once or twice every week in some particularly favored "kneipe," where the most palatable beer can be had. Some of these clubs appoint a "praeses" or president for a year, others for a university term, and still others for a period of a few weeks. The main...
...Farnham announced in his last lecture that a man who drinks two gallons of beer every day and a pint of whiskey needs no other nutriment...
...blood to ooze from the lining of the stomach. The liver is affected as are also the intestines. One ounce of alcohol is equal to two ounces of brandy; to five ounces of strong wine, as sherry; to ten ounces of weak wine, as claret; to one pint of beer. If these quantities are increased one half, 1 1-2 ounces of absolute alcohol will be taken, and the limit of moderation for strong men is reached. The effect on a strong man of taking in 24 hours between one or two ounces of alcohol, is at once injurious...
Columbia has voted to abandon her "Triumph," or beer festival, and substitute for it something else, - at present a colossal theatre party is advocated...
Every corps has a house of its own where the students meet evenings and hold their "kneipen." These consist of beer drinking, smoking, and singing; but the singing may better be called howling, and for those living opposite, the midnight hours are made more hideous than by cat-concerts. The greater part of the night is spent in this way, they getting to bed in the neighborhood of three of four o'clock in the morning. This is, of course, not a regular occurence, but happens about twice a week...