Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...more artificial than those of the outside world, and are often directly opposed to them. Not long ago the petty larceny of sign stealing was encouraged by college opinion, and deceiving instructors was not regarded as dishonest. In the progress of time, there has been much improvement, and the general sentiment of college has become much manlier and more sensible. The growth of athletics has assisted considerably in producing this change for the better. There is no more conservative body than the undergraduates of a college. They are slaves to tradition, and think that because a thing has existed...
...classes increase in size, there is a general tendency toward narrowing the circle of each man's intimate acquaintance, where once every classmate knew every other; now there are many who do not even know each other by sight. This is much to be deplored, and whatever throws the students together should be encouraged. The Conference Meetings have this end in view, and are therefore made very informal. At the end of the hour Professor Peabody invited suggestions upon what he had said, and a number of questions were asked and answered...
...discount is allowed on paper-bound general books, published at 50 cents or less...
...stock of tennis and sporting goods and of men's general furnishings, contains less second-rate goods, than any similar stock in Cambridge; and the prices are generally the same as those which brought the society so much credit and patronage one year ago. We have a good silk four-in-hand for 30c., usually retailed at 60c.- the best bargain in neck-wear we have yet secured...
...stock of tennis and sporting goods and of men's general furnishings, contains less second-rate goods, than any similar stock in Cambridge; and the prices are generally the same as those which brought the society so much credit and patronage one year ago. We have a good silk four-in-hand for 30c., usually retailed at 60c.- the best bargain in neck-wear we have yet secured...