Word: joking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There is a practice here, of long standing, nourished by folly and disregard of gentlemanly honor, allowed to grow and increase by the indifference of the college and of its officials, which has long passed its day, if it ever had one,-we mean the cowardly joke of sign stealing. It seems now a recognized thing, that to lead a proper and full college life, one must steal one or more signs-the greater the number the greater the glory. But stealing it is, and to the college at large we doubt if the difference between the undergraduate who "rags...
...time produce a far greater calamity, namely, the lack of fire-escapes in several of the buildings in the yard. This question has been agitated yearly by the students until it has become almost a by-word, but of a sudden it may turn into a ghastly sort of joke, unless the college takes some definite action in regard to it. The clamors of the students last spring did have some little effect, apparently, on the corporation, for rousing out of their lethargy they gave one or two exhibitions of patent fire-escapes to a small and enthusiastic audience...
...JOKE. (CONTRIBUTED...
...Students may be divided into three general classes. First, those that regard the college and all that pertains to it as a great joke, to whom study is the varies stranger, and to whom time exists only to be killed, and the devil is usually at hand to help them kill it. Second are those who, while they appreciate the value of a college education, let a spirit of indolence or overweening interest in other matters draw them from their duties. The third class commonly known as 'digs,' are those who possess a stern sense of duty, or in whose...
...ever have been greatly moved by the struggles between sophomores and freshmen. And yet, only a few years ago, it was an honored prerogative of the sophomore class to annoy the freshmen in every way, under the convenient name of "hazing" when it was looked upon merely as a joke for a new student to be assaulted or his property destroyed, simply because he was a new student, and could not resist. Great was the honor meted out to one who could invent some form of annoyance more offensive or humiliating. No one stopped to look at the question from...