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Word: chalk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...purest Grecian type, excepting her nose, which, being a little retrousse, added marvellously to the deep sentiment written plainly in her other features. There was a plaintive dulcet tone to her voice that thrilled the heart of every hearer, as completely as - as - as the squeaking of bad chalk does in a recitation-room. Her poem, "On the Beauty of Youth," was too perfect a production for us to dare to mar it by quotations. The author breathed forth her inspiration with all the calm resignation of some bereaved, unappreciated, neglected world-wanderer, who looked back with tears...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENCEMENT AT WELLESLEY. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

...annual meeting of the Senior class all business was suspended for a time while the "rowdy and baby" element threw chalk, towels, and other destructive missiles at the gentlemen of the class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT OTHER COLLEGES. | 12/20/1877 | See Source »

...Record we find the following bit of news: "Novel methods of hazing at Harvard. One is to make a Freshman crawl on his hands and knees over three hundred and twenty flagging-stones, and mark each one with chalk." The exchange column of the Record is somewhat scurrilous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 10/29/1875 | See Source »

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