Word: elder
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...last term's issues we expressed the opinion that the Class Day of our elder brothers was doomed to pass away. There are many in college, however, who are far from being satisfied with the modified Class Day celebrated by the Class of '77; and strong efforts will be made this year to go back to the old way of saying farewell to college life and college friends. Whether such a return is either possible or desirable, is as yet an unsettled question; and, with a view to enable the Class of '78 to act advisedly in the matter...
...disadvantages, and, like a wife in the journey of life, a chum in the little jaunt of college is a good thing to have. I think I should always advise a Freshman friend to take to himself a chum; and yet such counsel, without first consulting that pattern of elder brothers whose advice is fast forming his fraternal relative Jack into the paragon of all Freshmen, I almost hesitate to give. Indeed, I am rather inclined to think that, for the embryo man of fashion, it is, on the whole, expedient to pursue his arduous path alone. For myself, however...
...TALE OF THE TWO BROTHERS.*In a country far from the shores of the great river dwelt two brothers; and the elder was called Square, and the younger was called Cute. And Square arose, and said unto his brother, "I will go unto the shores of the great river, that I may mingle with men; and I will take with me of the fruit of the land, that I may barter it for gold and for gaudy raiment, and give praise unto the great parents, Munnee and Boshor. All men will I treat with fairness, that with fairness...
...elder woof so rudely torn away...
...elder Tozer's features...