Word: calling
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...undergraduates interested in fencing are invited to call at 4 Grays, or at 2 Beck Hall...
...time interest in boating; that the return to Cambridge of the victorious pennant would set ablaze a fierce enthusiasm for rowing; but now the double triumph of our crew and the addition to Harvard's trophies of two sets of colors arouses a little, feeble interest, which cannot call together a meeting of respectable numbers, and kindles one pitiable spark of enthusiasm, which flickers in a single weak cheer and goes out without a sputter. No more interest, no more enthusiasm, has been manifested over the achievements of the nine...
Give but the word; I will obey thy call...
...float and grounds about the boat-house swarmed from time to time with what we at Cambridge call "muckers." These loafers intruded upon us when we were at work in the boat-house, got in our way when we were going out or coming in with our boat, and provoked us generally with their insulting remarks...
...real question involved is simply, What measures may properly be taken with bores? Private life and private people, including Harvard students, still have rights, notwithstanding the majesty of the press, and among them is the right to be rid of bores, whether they call themselves commissioners of the great dailies...