Word: donning
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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I WENT to visit Snodkins, '83, at his suite in Beck, and found him in the midst of a select gathering of carpet-tackers, upholsterers, and carpenters. However, he received me with dignified cordiality, and proceeded to give me points on his rooms. "Here, you see," he remarked, "these pictures...
"My dear fellow," thought I, "if you continue to be as great an ass as you are now, your pictures will probably remain undecorated, unless you should go to France, and compete for the medal of which La Marjolaine got such a number; and even then, you might not succeed...
"Cultured girls don't marry, sir," she said.
If there is any thing else that you don't know, ask a Sophomore.
"Parker's" is on School Street in Boston. If you don't know where School Street is, ask a policeman. The Howard Athenaeum may be found any Saturday evening on Howard Street. The reason why the College was located so far away from these places is not known.