Word: customs
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...left our tables untouched; again and again has it reappeared to tempt us with its fragrant smell. Poor disappointed turnip! Is no one strong enough to carry it forevermore away? At Vassar College, I am assured, the sufferings of this poor vegetable would be short indeed. It is a custom there for the chief cook (or his deputy perchance) to examine the tables after every meal and ascertain what dishes are untouched or but sparingly eaten; these for a while are seen no more, and others more popular with the students take their places...
...practice, however, it is to be feared that many of the lives will be carelessly written, many of the questions answered slightingly, or not at all. This was the case in previous years; one gentleman, in '74, handing in three lines as the epitome of his career. Now the custom of preparing Class-Book is not a mere form, or started off-hand by some class which has left this as its valueless legacy; the custom is, rather, of long growth, and confirmed at every step of its development by ample testimonies to its necessity. So long...
...have introduced this rather long account to show it was to supply a want really felt that this custom has originated, and the reality of this want might be testified by the example of a number of gentlemen who, in middle life, have undertaken to make up the class-book neglected by their class when in College. But there are reasons, in re ipsa, amply sufficient to lead a thoughtful man to spend the half-hour necessary to answer the questions asked. Very few of us will be great men, but almost all will have descendants, either...
...Seniors. It was generally understood in those days that when it was too dark for the minister to read, the monitors did not mark. In the latter part of the life of old Dr. Ware, when he had become almost blind, the undergraduates sometimes took advantage of this established custom, and lay in bed when it seemed to be scarcely possible for any one to read. But the venerable man, utterly unconscious how dark it was, would repeat the Scripture from memory, and then the monitors would be compelled to mark, and the absences were recorded. In April, 1831, Francis...
CHRISTMAS comes yearly, to renew the lesson of charity. Too often the lesson is neglected. There is a custom in College that we should be glad to see become universal, - the students in each entry uniting to give a present to the goodies who attend to the rooms, and other servants who really need assistance. The duty of this slight undertaking rests, we believe, by precedent, with some Senior in each entry, and we hope they will not forget how much suffering a little thoughtfulness may prevent. Whether our servants be deserving or not, we shall go home with lighter...