Word: humors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rule, examinations are not regarded by the outside world as occasions on which a display of humor may be expected. But if exceptions prove the rule, then may examinations claim to afford a very rich fund of ludicrous incidents. One of the frequent causes of humor at examinations is of course the ignorance of candidates. A person was once asked the question at an Oxford examination, "Who was Esau?" "Esop," said he, "was a man who wrote fables, and who sold the copyright to a publisher for a bottle of potash!" Another student was asked to give some account...
American college humor seems to be an object of discussion among the various papers of the country. The founding of the new paper, Life, which was understood to be an offspring of college publications has brought this subject prominently before the press...
...excuses required are the same as those for absence from lecture or recitation. The only positive ones are sickness of student, sickness or death in the family, the marriage of a relative. If the dean of the faculty, to whom excuses must be made, is in a good humor he will perhaps accept others. The students are unanimous in their condemnation of such obligatory religious exercises. The thoughtful ones considering that such a farcical performance is a disgrace to the name of religion, the others voting it a bore...
...hope that no one will be frightened by this title. We desire not to express an unreasonable ill-humor, but merely to mention a few trifles around the Yard which interfere seriously with the comfort of the undergraduate. And we have chosen a title which expresses our feelings...
...Paris humor : Response of a gilded youth to one of his friends who has just announced formally his approaching marriage : "I should like to be able to congratulate you both, but, you see, as I do not know the lady I can't conscientiously congratulate you, while, as I do know you I can't conscientiously congratulate the lady." - [Progress...