Word: boxed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...other night, while strolling through the Yard, I stumbled over a box; after anathematizing my luck and the man who left it there, my curiosity led me to examine the contents. My search was rewarded, for, among other musty documents, I found the following old petitions...
...respectfully suggest to the powers that be that it would be a pleasing change if it could be removed and the statue placed in position. It is at least a month since the statue arrived, and all that has yet been done is to remove the front of the box. If the authorities have got thoroughly rested after this arduous operation, it would be desirable that they should proceed to the next step. I suppose, of course, that nobody is responsible for the delay, but would suggest that there must be some individual, or body of individuals, who would have...
...five minutes to two, Tuesday afternoon, an alarm was sounded from box 59, and the cry was heard that Memorial Hall was on fire. Several recitations were dismissed at once, and nearly the whole College turned out to see the conflagration. Five engines and several members of the Faculty appeared on the spot. The excitement abated when it was found that the smoke was caused by the fuel used in the furnaces...
JUNIOR FORENSICS. Those Juniors from whom forensics are still due are requested to leave them in the letter-box of 20 Holworthy on or before Tuesday next. Delinquents are reminded that 24 censure marks per week are charged to them until the forensics are all handed...
...exaggerated pictures of manners at the Dining Hall, the Advocate inquires once in a while if the omission of Veritas from the western window is intentionally sarcastic, and the Crimson inserts in its columns, when they are not very full, little essays on "Memorial Hall as a Match-box." But the wonder is that no one writes "A Dream in Sanders Theatre," or "A Midnight Adventure in the Tower." These suggestions are offered for what they are worth; the writer's only hope is that contributors to College papers will not descend to the barbarism of writing "Memorial...