Word: foolscap
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...exercises. There are societies formed for the study of special branches, in which papers are read by the members in rotation, giving the results of special work. The writer knew of one man who prepared a paper for one of Prof. Mommsen's societies, which covered 78 pages of foolscap, written in a painfully fine hand. The number of members in most of these classes is very small compared with the number of applicants, and a name may stand on the list for two years before its bearer finds admittance...
...establishment which had been the despair of the president and corporation of Harvard College and six hundred students to boot. He probably knew why the directors remained together four hours in one day and then handed in a report to their constituents covering half a page of foolscap. He had been many times behind that mystery-hiding screen and could tell, if he would, why it takes fifteen minutes to get a cup of coffee and two minutes to have a steak and fried potatoes cooked to order. He might also explain why it is that, although the students have...