Word: laughed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Abreu '11, who played the part of "Boulinard," gave the most finished presentation, and continually drew a laugh from his audience. "Bodard," the role played by J. Heard '12, is certainly the most difficult to impersonate on account of the frequent and sudden changes from delight to despair. C. Chadwick '10, as the cook was the most successful of the women. M. Hoffman '12, as Cecile, was pretty, but not a girl in love, for in her encouragement of her despairing fiance she shows no emotion or feeling whatever...
...first you will be inclined to laugh at this man, and to think that he is not smart in his ideas. I suggest that you watch him closely, for he will presently demonstrate to you that money dominates everybody except the man who does not want money. You may meet that man on your farm, in your village, or in your Legislature. But be sure that, whenever or where ever you meet him, as soon as it comes to a direct issue between you, his little finger will be thicker than your loins. You will go in fear...
...that there are some good touches among the wealth of the commonplace. "Phrases from Novels" (p. 200), the dernier cri of the Freshman's welcome home (p. 206), the limerick about the Freshman's quandary at Boston dances (p. 208), the bit about Harvard irreligion (p. 209), make one laugh from natural impulse, and not from college spirit, or friendship with their editors. We wish, however, that Lampy could be persuaded to dismiss the slave and wring the Ibis's neck. It would spare us and him much in point of soliloquies about his menage, which we doubt not sounds...
During the early part of the College year one of the over-worked questions is "What courses are you taking?" If in reply to this query an undergraduate mentions some course which enjoys the reputation of good marks with a minimum of study, a laugh goes around at his expense...
...team is being coached to play clean football, even if they lose by it. If the football rules are bad they should be changed, but while they remain in force they must be lived up to. When a man plays awkwardly, but does his best, don't laugh at him,--cheer him. Finally, let us play the game savagely and fiercely but cleanly...