Word: lions
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...name of derision, as applying to a part of their dress that then distinguished the Venetians, namely, breeches and stockings that were all of a piece." - SMART. "His [Pantaloon's] name is said by antiquaries to be derived from the Italian words 'Pianta leone,' as it were the 'Lion planter,' in allusion to the boastful language of the Venetians." - BRANDE...
...seems that an unusual amount of trouble has been caused this year by the old-fashioned feud between Sophomores and Freshmen. We have here a pleasing view of the lion and the lamb reposing peacefully side by side, but other colleges are not so fortunate. The report of the trouble at Williams, if it is true, shows a decidedly disgraceful state of affairs. We shall not moralize upon the terrible enormity of indulging in "cane rushes." This amusement was never popular in Cambridge, and we cannot judge of the pleasure to be derived from it. But the breaking of pledges...
...centuries, and who has rightly won the title his countrymen have given him, - the Concord Sage. If by age we mean weakness in body, Mr. Emerson may be old, but in intellect not. Age only adds wisdom to his boundless store of learning. AEsop's fable of the aged Lion and the Ass is just as pertinent to-day as ever. The old Lion is not helpless quite yet. It would have been prudent for the Ass to defer his insult a little longer. He has been too precipitous...
...hope that it is unnecessary to warn Seniors that in their caucuses each body should be guided by a wise spirit of forbearance from taking undue advantage of its embracing a majority of the class, or from discontent if its members are too small to entitle it to the lion's share. It must be remembered that all do not have an equal interest in the success of Class Day, nor do all contribute equally to that success, so that it is but fair that those men should be chosen for the more important places to whom the success...
...member of the class votes in the spirit of such an election, with an eye single to class interests, nothing has been gained to Class Day itself. If an open election recommends itself to any particular element in the class, as the means simply of securing to itself the lion's share of the offices, we may be sure that Senior classes, in one college at least, are yet too far from that general manliness and keener sense of honor which are essential to the best working of a perfectly open election. We certainly hope to see each...