Word: hot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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With regard to the care of the person, bathing is a matter of the greatest importance. A sponge bath daily, either cold or tepid, may be considered as a necessity. Hot baths every day are extremely debilitating and otherwise injurious. The clothing should be adapted to the person, one in the open air much, requiring less than an individual of sedentary habits. The tendency is to wear too much clothing. We are much better off than our grandfathers in the matter of fabrics adapted to changes in weather. Gauzes and light-woolens take the place of stiff linen and cotton...
...surface for an hour, is excessively painful, if not dangerous. Then, the glare caused by this same cause is excessively unpleasant, both to lecturer and student. Negligence to remedy these defects has transformed what ought to be one of the most comfortable recitation rooms in college, to a hot-bed; either a change must be made at once, or some more cases of fainting must be recorded...
...managed to give a number of telling face blows. The third round was opened by a determined effort on Thomas' part and several body blows reached their mark, but Ashe's hard blows were struck on Thomas' face and their effect was more noticeable. In the midst of some hot work time was called, and the referee announced that "although very close, the bout is given to Mr. Ashe...
...still there seems to be no other outlet for pent-up feelings over things with which one has become disgusted. The object of my fault-finding may seem small to many, but I feet sure that if it is remedied many will rejoice with me. I refer to the hot water faucets in the sponge baths as the gymnasium. At present, in order to escape scalding, it is necessary, first to grasp the valves with sponge in hand and then to dexterously entwine a towel about...
...business, we would suggest that a proctor be delegated to sit up nights with the bell, and see that it does not throw of its bed clothes. Nay, further, we would be pleased to start a subscription paper for providing the ancient annunciator on Harvard Hall with hot "Toms and Jerrys," and other comforting liquids, during the continuance of the present cold snap. We trust that the college will chime in with our sentiments, since we are trying to ring in no scheme of personal advantage. Our columns are open to any communications on this topic bearing the magic signature...