Word: comforting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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From this sketch some idea may be formed of the comfort and convenience which the Union affords. It seems to me that it is distinctly a step in advance of any thing that we have here, insomuch that it gives to virtually every one who can afford to pay the moderate fee of pound 1 a term (with no initiation fee), advantages offered by none of our institutions, except in part, and then to comparatively few. Having such a large revenue, the club is able to do more than any smaller association could attempt, in the way of enlarging...
...janitors. It is not at all likely that the Bursar will sympathize with any complaints, and the complainant will thus be placed in an absurd and mortifying position. Whether a man who has held a position in a reformatory institution is well calculated to look after the interests and comfort of gentlemen remains to be seen. If it was this zeal for our interests which induced the Bursar to select such an individual for one of his appointments, he will doubtless be able to find many ex-officials of lunatic asylums, state prisons, etc., who will be glad...
...such a large and brilliant company as that which gathered last Friday at the invitation of '79. The spreads and teas were all largely attended. Memorial Hall was filled during the afternoon and evening, and for the first time within out recollection it was possible to dance there with comfort. The success of the dancing was due to the efforts of the ushers, who, by constant care, succeeded in managing the crowd in such a way as to keep the floor clear. Great credit is also due to the marshals, Mr. Bowen, Mr. Crocker, and Mr. Mercer, for their excellent...
...inconsistency of this advocate for comfort to the Seniors and for politeness to the ladies is capped by his argument ending in an entirely different way from which he began; for, whereas he stoutly urges the exclusion of the Freshmen, he magnanimously adds that he is convinced that the Class-Day Committee would admit them, provided they sit quiet on the green next to Holden and do not join in a ring round the Tree...
...Freshmen at the expense of the other classes and of the people assembled. In the first place, the enclosure is already overcrowded, and in the second place, the very evident consequence of such a step would be a rush between the two lower classes, which neither adds to the comfort of the Seniors nor to the enjoyment of the ladies, who, in spite of what the gentlemen themselves may think, do not like an exhibition of rudeness which invariably results in bloody noses and torn clothes. If, on the other hand, the Freshmen would agree to remain on the green...