Word: gentlemanly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Hastings. One day it is rumored about that the building will be opened "next week." Our rising hopes are dashed the next instant by a contradictory report to the effect that no rooms can be entered until Christmas. Perchance we make humble inquiry at the bursar's office. The gentleman across the desk smiles blandly and says he knows absolutely nothing about the matter. Under this mystical cloud remains the plain fact that scores of students are living about Cambridge in extremely inconvenient quarters, and in an unsettled condition anything but conducive to satisfactory work or to a happy frame...
...Smith of Trinity Church, Boston, conducted a short Episcopal service in the rooms of the St. Paul's Society last evening. Rev. Mr. Smith did not choose a text for his sermon but spoke on the qualities of a true gentleman. He said that the Episcopal clrurch had been accused of being a church for gentlemen. He hoped that this was true, and that the members were all gentlemen in the true sense of the word. A gentleman must scorn everything dishonorable. He must lead a spiritual life through faith in Jesus Christ. He should study Christ through the Bible...
...Will the gentleman who took a silk umbrella from University 5 on last Friday please return...
...absent-minded gentleman has addressed a postal card to me, and written on the back...
...inspiriting attitude, and therefore to be commended. The criticism of the methods of coaching, while a trifle severe is timely; unquestionably there is always the danger that legitimate coaching will, in the excitement of a game, degenerate into vulgar and objectionable tactics which should never be tolerated in a gentleman's game. There is a sensible editorial commending some of the recent amendments to the regulations, and a contribution to the discussion as to whether the final examinations should cover the work of the entire year which goes to the root of the matter...