Word: fellowe
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...describe, because no undergraduate ever heard it, but which was probably very "neat and appropriate"), and then the Class of '73 entered, for the last time, the ring back of Hollis, with all the seeming mirth which usually conceals deeper emotions on these occasions, amid the cheers of their fellow-students, and in the presence of many fairer spectators. The scene around the tree has been often described, and needs no further comment. And, after all, it is something, we suppose, which cannot be described and cannot be seen, but which must be done...
...mind is variously denominated "evangelical," "long-ear," and "donkey." I confess myself as ignorant of the similarity which exists between these terms and that which they define as any from the ranks of the might be. While at Harvard "one of the b'hoys" means a jolly good fellow, the same thing is elsewhere denoted by "brick," "seed," and "varmint"; the latter word is in use at Cam-bridge, England. At Princeton College, if a student leaves town indebted to his shoemaker and others, he is said to "skunk them." I believe there is no corresponding expression in vogue here...
...down by any one as conspicuously lacking in high aspirations. He has a great idea of handing his memory down to posterity, and he very properly thinks that all should seek to "eternize" that part of them which is pre-eminent, and which distinguishes them from their fellow-mortals. Acting upon this principle, be has engaged a leading sculptor to model "a bust of his feet...
...news from the Freshmen at New Haven, coming on top of the victory here, was too much for our elated fellow-students. About two hundred of them found relief in a "sing" in front of Hollis, winding up with "Fair Harvard," "Auld Lang Syne," and a mammoth ring around the yard...
...Yale takes place at New Haven one week from to-morrow. About twenty men have agreed to take the half-fare tickets, should they be provided. We hope that every student who is able to do so will accompany our Nine to Yale. Hearty encouragement from a crowd of fellow-students will help our men far towards victory; besides which a good game may be expected, as both clubs are in excellent practice...