Word: lived
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...carrying out the provisions of the donors, have not done so in every case. For, notwithstanding the modest statement in the Catalogue that none but the really indigent are expected to apply, it is a well-known fact that there are a number of holders of scholarships who could live comfortably without them, while others, who have to stint themselves in regard to food and clothes, are refused because they do not obtain the required per cent. Under the elective system, where there is so much difference in the courses and professors, to conclude that...
...entirely agree with the views expressed by our correspondent in regard to the plan suggested in the President's report of having recitations Saturday afternoon. We cannot protest too strongly against such a scheme. Not only would it render it utterly impossible for those students who live at a distance from Cambridge to go home over Sunday, but it would deprive us of the only real half-holiday we have. As to the President's idea of keeping all the students in Cambridge over Sunday, there are very few but will agree with us in thinking that the few additional...
...regular autocrat where I live. My room is heated by furnace; a bath-room is so handy that I rarely use it; I do not have to go to prayers; not a soul comes to see me; everything is kept in the best order; I can sing myself hoarse without disturbing any one; there is n't a proctor within hailing distance. I can sit here all day wrapped in that absolute quiet which is so essential to the production of the best lies. But I have society - plenty of it - when I feel sociable. I am sorry...