Word: doors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...such mornings he is very early at eight. His approach, arrival, and entrance, are all matters of great interest to me. The nature of his movements is very fortunate. I am awakened by the distant but slow approaching dill of his tread, so that the bursting open of the door, like the grande finale of a series of thunder claps is not as alarming as it might be; the previous rolling thunder has prepared me. Once entered, with mighty hand he seizes hold of my stove and dances it about the room, for a few minutes, I suppose,-it really...
...exercise in a temperature below fifty or sixty degrees; but, as the air in the gymnasium is very close and fatiguing to men on the running track, our crews may not find it beneficial to follow this rule. The great abuse, however, of the refreshing and wholesome out door exercise lies in taking it when the thermometer atands below zero. On the coldest day this winter, when few persons ventured across the yard without a heavy overcoat, when rooms in Thayer and Holyoke could not be heated above forty or fifty degrees, one of the crews had the hardihood...
...naturally rises; "What means of recreation and pleasure do the students enjoy? They have the advantage of easy access to all the public amusements which a large city like Boston affords, but beyond that their means are limited. Not having any regular athletic grounds, their opportunities for out-of-door games are rather poor. It is largely to this cause and the want of leisure hours that the "Tech" men have figured so poorly in athletics. Moreover, the spring term closing at the end of May brings the examination period so early that little time is afforded for practice...
...Harvard?" "Oh, yes," we reply, as we gaze aghast at the oil paintings, damask curtains, satin upholstery, and statuary that surround us. Here a suppressed sneer is heard and we at once move out into the corridor. We go to the library, a wilderness of black walnut shelves, glass doors, carved tables, Ouida's novels, and long haired grinds. We snub the library, but maintain silence when we are informed that "you can get in, even after four o'clock." Another corridor, a door; we enter, and the first object that meets our eye is a black, battered beaten, Brimless...
...plenty of heroic types at command by which to prefigure this college Titan. But a week or more of my freshman existence passed by without my seeing him, though by no means without my asking and hearing about him. Then one sunny morning there was a knock at my door, and in walked a broad shouldered, brown-bearded personage, with a burly gait, a deep, bluff voice, and a strong, good-humored countenance. My prophetic soul divined him before he announced his name-it was blaikie himself. My eyes perused him anxiously from top to toe, and my heart...