Word: fors
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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For all to thee we owe;
At 10 the Chapel will be open for those having tickets; no others being admitted until the Class have entered. At 9.30 the Senior Class assemble in front of Holworthy Hall, and march to the Chapel for prayer by the Chaplain. Assemble again at 10.45, and march to the Chapel...
At 5.15 Harvard Hall and Holden Chapel will be open for those having seats at the windows. The entrance to the seats behind Harvard and Hollis Halls will be between Holden Chapel and Hollis Hall.
What is here known as a "squirt" is called at other places a "rowl" or "rush." The analogy between the sudden ejection of water from a pipe and the quick and forcible expulsion of words from the mouth probably gave rise to this word, which so aptly expresses what it...
I might extend this piece indefinitely by showing synonymous expressions for words now in use here, such as "nuts," equivalent to "scrub," "mossy heads" to "senior," "cad" to "snob," "busky" to "sprung," "suck" to "crib"; but enough has been given. Even the tutors and professors are not exempted from nicknames...