Word: felting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...stock left on hand is inevitable ; and if this stock is not the clear property of the society, but has to be "slaughtered" to pay debts due, the society must always be in an embarrassed and uncertain condition. Expecting to have to pay rent next year, the directors felt sure at the beginning of this year, that the society would not get through next year, paying rent, unless it were made so successful this year as to leave a net surplus of stock, and thus avoid the embarrassment and loss resulting from a surplus stock encumbered with debts. Their choice...
...poor woman that I am, sor, -whin I found in one 'o the beds sich a nice soft blanket, sor, that I knowed it wud make him well, sor; so I jest borrowed it fer a day or two, sor, and it cured him completely. I've always felt so grateful loike ter that blanket that I've niver been able ter part with it at all at all, sor. Mebbe it was yourn, sor. With tears in me eyes, I wants ter thank...
...latter portion of our correspondent's letter contains better suggestions. The plan of having the Index contain a directory of the men living in the dormitories would be a great addition, and one that the students would appreciate and use. Such a directory would supply a long felt want, which the catalogue cannot attempt to supply, and neither the Index nor any of the pamphlets issued in the autumn have yet filled. Then, too, without casting any reflection upon the present editor, we would like to urge that a change in the present manner of editing our annual is desirable...
...George Goldie, for 14 years instructor of gymnastics at Princeton, has resigned his position to take the superintendency of the New York Athletic Club His loss will be felt keenly by the students, among whom he had become very popular...
...very good light. So much for courtesy among the students. On the side of the lecturers, is it not their duty to be prompt in closing their lectures and not to keep their sections three, five or more minutes after the hour. The evil is one that is felt especially in all but the last hours of the morning and afternoon sessions, when the men-or at least most of them-have other lectures immediately following. With regard to the last hours of the two sessions, we believe that the instructors would get more courtesy from the students if they...