Word: knows
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sure always to be the last one entering a car; it is much better than crowding in to get a seat only to give it up to some lady who enters later, for you certainly have had enough experience to know that students are always expected to stand...
...footing on the front platform is more than most men expect. In the eleven o'clock car, filled with proctors, "between the act" students, ladies who ride only to the railroad crossing, and gentlemen of color, you may once during your stay at Cambridge find a seat. I know a man while in College, who found a seat twice; you think I don't, but I do. In the half-past eleven car, the innocent prattle of the Freshmen may help to keep your temper from bursting out against this railroad monopoly, but it don't aid you in getting...
...demandeth of the maiden whether she be yet free from the bonds of the school-mistress, and lo, the maiden is abashed, and the young man rejoiceth, and shouteth "Ha! ha!" and verily the day feels warmer, and he followeth up the attack with a demand to know the name of her instructress in Sunday School, and if this be the first time that she hath disported herself in the giddy dance at the house of one that is known unto her; and lo, the scoffs of the maiden are as a broken reed, and the young man presenteth...
...shine at the Freshman punch and theatre party - they may seem to lead, but are in reality only guide-posts to cul-de-sacs. The quiet, well-dressed men, who are among the first to join the Athletic Association, are sure to be desirable acquaintances. Be sure, too, to know the captains of your nine and crew, and that so intimately that you call them "old fellow!" That has been an open sesame to popularity for generations past. Indulge sparingly in study, but be sure and stand well. Never ask questions or hold up your hand in recitations...
...true? ah, could I but know...