Word: counter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...book has to be sent for by a messenger from the Library, he is also subject to a charge of twenty-five cents. On Saturday afternoons reserved books may be taken out at 5 P. M., except that those books which are kept behind the delivery counter are not allowed to go out until after 9 o'clock...
...state of affairs is not conducive to systematic study and the avoidance of the all too prevalent tendency of putting off until tomorrow what we do not have to do today. More standard editions are badly needed, if our weekly reading is to be more than a bargain counter rush...
...meeting of the Union House Committee held yesterday it was decided to discontinue the lunch counter in the Union. Hereafter members desiring lunch or soda outside of the restaurant hours may obtain it by ordering from a bellboy...
Although the self-interest, the culture, and the social ethics of modern times are causes of the partial disappearance of brutal religious persecution, the equally powerful counter forces--passive curiosity, and contemptuous interest--are frequently met with. The former, attitude, characteristic of blase travellers in pursuit of novel experiences, is directly opposite to the spirit of the traveller St. Paul, whose benevolent sympathy yearned for the enlightenment of his brothers. The latter spirit is often found in missionaries who adopt a fashionable contempt, often disparaging and villifying the people whom they are pretending to raise. It is their narrow mindedness...
...dinner will be required. About 25 extra dinner tickets are still left, but all the luncheon tickets have been sold, and a large number of applications remain unfilled. Because of this unexpected demand a light luncheon will be served from 10 till 8 o'clock at the lunch counter downstairs...