Word: frequenting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...true, the man who asks the following is to be congratulated by his friends. He enquires : "What is the origin and signification of the custom of adorning a bridal dress with orange blossoms?" But a question which is too good to be seen by the chosen few alone who frequent the library, is this, purporting to be from a freshman : "What do 'cuts' mean?" One who knows from experience has written below the question : "Apply at U. 5." But that flippancy such as the above at all prevails in these questions is certainly a mistaken impression...
...regards that frequent subject of agitation, the entire abolition of proctors, there is this much to be aid. First, notwithstanding the cry that their surveillance is an unjust imputation on our honor, it is nevertheless true, as experience also has proved, that there are some few students who, if they were not watched, would not be able to resist the temptation to fill out their examination books by some unlawful assistance; and taking into consideration the deturs, scholarships, commencement rank, membership of the Phi Beta Kappa, - all of which depend primarily upon the marks at examinations - it is only fair...
...ignorant, and rather more given to activity. They are just as brave and just as industrious, and ought to be much better protected - though we admit this to be doubtful as matter of fact - against that weariness with the monotony of toiling life which is one of the most frequent causes of failure. The loss of time is not in reality very great, being taken out of a comparatively idle period, and as to the acquisition of enervating tastes, it is extremely doubtful if they are acquired...
...students of his course one of the retiring rooms in Sever as a reading room and study, must meet with the approval of every student who has suffered from the numerous inconveniences which necessarily attach to the library, however excellent the management of that institution. Where a large crowd frequent one room, as is the case with the library, there must be more or less noise and confusion; but in a separate reading room reserved for the use of a few students, these drawbacks are reduced to a minimum. As Prof. White intends to place a number of reference books...
...home-like belongings, had gathered Professor Hill's Rhetoric class. A half dozen young ladies sat about informally while the professor read his lecture. He had just delivered the same lecture to the sophomore class in the college, and adapted it to his present audience by means of frequent parentheses. It was somewhat after this fashion: - 'Unless a man acquires a taste for reading before he goes into business (or a woman before she marries), it cannot be cultivated in afterlife'. . 'The trouble with the writing of you young men is that you have nothing to say. (And the same...