Word: gentlemanly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There seems to have been some mistake concerning the announcement of the Junior Dance. The Committee has decided that the charge will be three dollars per gentleman and two dollars per lady, as specified in the circulars sent out to every member of the Union in the class. There will be members of the Committee in the Union every morning from 9 to 10, who will be only too glad to settle any misunderstandings...
...Choate contributes an appreciation of the late Chief Justice Fuller, which repeats the high praise given by all who knew the man. "There was a quiet repose of manner about him--the hall-mark of the true gentleman--and as manners make the man, this greatly emphasized the respect and growing reverence in which he was held as time went on. The gentleness and kindly courtesy of his nature won for him the tender regard and affection of all who came in contact with him, and I never heard of the defeated suitor, or the disappointed advocate, or of anybody...
...Hopkinson Smith delivered one of the most successful talks of the year in the Living Room of the Union yesterday evening on "The Making of a Gentleman...
...great essentials of a gentleman, no matter what his position in life may be, are toleration and sympathy: without these qualities all the culture in the world cannot make a true gentleman; with them the simplest, most uneducated countryman is the equal of a belted earl. Among others, he chose, to illustrate his point, the story of the rough soldier-hero at the dinner-table of his commanding officer. It was in India, and, while the soup was being served, ice as precious in that climate, as diamonds, was passed around to cool the champagne. The soldier took a lump...
...Smith told many other stories also, and read passages from two of his books "The Old-Fashioned Gentleman," and "The Under Dog"; all to show how in different walks of life, toleration and sympathy are the prime requisites of a gentleman...