Word: boards
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wrong) and getting sober. The next evening we finally got rid of them, to the great sorrow of the stewardess who had hoped that "her Rufus" would stay a little longer. However, she did not miss him much. There were three New York Club men on board...
...carried on board a number of cattle, to be killed on the passage, and for this purpose we also carried a man who called himself a butcher, on the lucus a non lucendo principle. This butcher, having made several vain attempts with a knife on a bullock (which we shipped at Rio), and next danced around him for several minutes with an axe, - the animal looking up at him from time to time more in pity at his inefficiency than in anger, - came aft and announced his trouble to the captain, who, with the three sporting gentlemen from New York...
...number of boxes that would be necessary is an objection to this plan; but it would be a great advantage to have some place for mailing letters that would be more convenient than the Post-Office. Why should not an official letter-box be placed under the bulletin-board that has been raised for the weather-reports? Some persons have expressed a fear that our embryo Thomassens would exercise their boyish propensities for mischief on the letter-box instead of on the much-enduring drain; but public opinion against their wanton mischief would be much stronger if our own personal...
...Rules and Regulations are subject in one sense to temporary changes, and the notices on the Bulletin Board take precedence in any conflict. No mention in the Rules is made respecting the Seniors' privilege of voluntary recitations, as this system is still an experiment, and due notice of the privilege has been posted; unfortunately, too many students seem inclined to cut to excess, regardless of "the hopes of future years." Many absences that would be excused readily are left to swell the total of cuts, and the percentage of attendance is lowered; and when the system is carefully reviewed...
...editors of the Acta Columbiana have endeavored to stimulate contribution and subscription, by offering a prize of $25 for "the best article on any subject of interest, except religion and politics," by an undergraduate subscriber. The judges are to be selected by the board of Editors from among the alumni. The article must be between 1, 000 and 2, 000 words in length...