Word: cloth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...matter of surprise to us that the compilers of the Book of Sketches from the Lampoon have not published an edition of their excellent book with cloth covers. The book is worthy of a much better cover than the cheap one that adorns the present edition, and the majority of those who buy it would willingly invest a little larger sum than the price now charged for the sake of having a pretty and durable book for the library...
...being used regularly, as there are so many vacant tables in the hall proper. This arrangement would almost completely do away with the many objections to the late table as it is now conducted. There would be no dust, no noise, and no chairs piled on the table-cloth to be seen. Of course, we would miss the singing, which, to me at least, is an agreeable feature; but still, the advantages to be gained would far outweigh this one thing which, indeed, is not pleasant to every one. This would certainly be a much fairer arrangement than the present...
...this mental somnambulism, that dares everything and is conscious of nothing; this yellow sunflower, frilled shirt, plastered hairism! Shade of John Gilpin! Is this dilute extract of rose water and weak bombast, this white livered sentimentality, the consummation of our boasted modern culture? We are humbled in sack-cloth and ashes. We only hope that in edging his way into fame, Mr. Wilde will not dislodge from their niche of honor any of the old worthies we have been accustomed to venerate as the lares of the temple of fame...
...Cambridge Tribune accounts for the rumor of small-pox as follows: "The small-pox excitement originated on Wendell street, by the hanging out of a scarlet cloth to call in a fishman. This act was sufficient to start the rumor that a student had been taken from the house to a hospital where he was down with the small-pox, and that a young lady in another house on the same street was sick with the same disease. There has not been a case in the city so far as we can learn. Imagination sometimes is very vivid in anticipation...
...EDITORS OF THE HERALD: I heartily agree with "Studious" upon the advisability of having carpets on the stairs. As he suggests, rubber cloth will do; we don't need either Axminster or Moquette. But I should like to make a few additional suggestions. I think that a water refrigerator should be placed in each hall-way; it would certainly add greatly to the comfort of the students. And then the chairs at Memorial might be cushioned; "the expense would be very small and the comfort of all would be greatly enhanced." It would certainly be very little trouble, and almost...