Word: laughters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...futile attempt was made, somewhile ago, to ascertain whether a moderate Liberal candidate could be run at the General Election with any chance of success, but we believe that the result showed that any such attempt would be attended with nothing but a considerable loss of money, and inextinguishable laughter from the winning side...
...discussions on athletics and recitations. We have often remarked on the selfishness of such conduct which is all the more inexcusable as the reading-room is to many men the only place in college where they are able to secure anything like absolute quiet. To such men, noise and laughter in such a place are a great annoyance and a very serious one. We beg all men who are thoughtless enough to disturb their mates in this way, to be considerate in the future. We would also advise the Library authorities to provide chairs in the reading-room with rubber...
...more inclined toward the faith of the college. This is a view of college that is most amusing to all who are within its precincts and get a glimpse of the true state of affairs, and it is only on account of the antiquity of the accusations that laughter is restrained. Age has given the charge a veneer of truth which modern investigation will scrape off in a few seconds showing the rottenness of the under structure...
...lightened by many gleams of anecdote and wit. At many passages in which the lecturer rose to the height of true eloquence, the audience showed its appreciation by applause, while the frequent pleasantries brought in to illustrate some maxim of the actor's art were met with responsive laughter. The lecture as a whole was worthy of the distinguished artist by whom it was delivered, and the lesson it taught will surely not be lost upon those who were so fortunate as to hear...
...Dougherty was not so successful. His thought was good, but his delivery had the fault of its school. It was too oratorical-showing the speaker's art too perceptibly. Whenever he digressed into illustration, however, Mr. Dougherty was perfect. The audience certainly appreciated it, for Sanders rang with laughter, in a way which that staid old theatre has not witnessed since the class...