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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...look of recognition...
...upper classes, he does what is much worse, - sneers at his own. He complains of the Sophomores especially. I will venture to say that no Freshman class was ever better treated by the Sophomores than the present one. It has always been the custom for the Sophomores to look after the little boys, and to forbid them the use of canes and other dangerous weapons until they are old enough to know how to manage them. Their late murderous design against a Boston policeman (which I am happy to say only deprived him of an ear) shows the folly...
...pleasant," I said to myself, as I looked down upon the scene below. "I think I can give up tough dinde aux truffes for this beef, which must be good judging from the way in which that classmate of mine is devouring it. There is a charm in a hall like this; and the worthies who look down upon one from the walls are inspiring, - all of them, from the driest, pickled old Puritan, to the gallant young Colonel who fell at Wagner. There is richness in that gorgeous window, - but stop! the national bird done in colored glass...
...making a quick turn, one of her skates flew off and came gliding over the ice to my feet. She did not fall, but stood still till I brought her skate and asked her could I put it on. Half assenting, she turned to her friend, who looked so haughty and reserved that the girl, with a checked look again coming over her face, only said, with thanks, that she would not trouble me. So I went away, and sat down on the edge of the platform...
...members of the lower classes to give up without demur their rooms to Seniors who may wish to spread in them. To give up one's room on Class Day is indeed a sacrifice, but, inconvenient as it is to the lower classes to be obliged to look to their friends for shelter on this day, it is much worse for Seniors who wish to spread to have their plans disarranged through the unwillingness of a few students to confer a favor which, when it comes their turn to ask for a place in which to receive their friends, will...