Word: lunch
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...observe the anxiety and curiosity with which the now admitted Freshman takes up his first special paper. On his appearance at lunch with what admiration is he regarded by those who have yet to pass the ordeal? And how the paper is passed from hand to hand with wonder; how eagerly he buys a scrap-book to preserve the precious relic...
After the game the visitors partook of a lunch furnished by the McGill men at the "Carlton." The little time remaining forbade long speeches, and admonished rapid eating; for the train started at three o'clock. Delegates from McGill and from the Association accompanied the team to the depot, and after much hearty hand-shaking the train left amid British cheers and Harvard 'Rahs. No Harvard man can forget the good-will and good cheer which he received from many warm-hearted friends in Montreal...
Again, it being presupposed that we are not as simple in our conversation as a Memorial lunch, if we tell the truth we are supposed to mean much more than we really say, and so really and knowingly allow a falsehood to be inferred. As a matter of fact, the only way to convince certain people of the truth of a statement, as is well known, is to violently affirm the contrary...
...about what before was anticipated as sure to bring inconvenience. The vote is cast, but before we relapse into "humble acquiescent silence," we would suggest how one cause of complaint might be done away with, bringing little or no inconvenience to the domestic economy of Memorial Hall. At present lunch is from half past twelve to half past one; the students who come out of recitation at twelve are obliged to waste a half-hour before lunch, or at least to employ such a small space of time to little advantage. This half-hour is of some importance to those...
...college, where "easy paths" are occasionally sought, should indulge in this amusement. Indeed, with those afflicted with a superabundance of leisure, it is not merely an amusement, but an occupation. The morning is creditably begun by swearing at the weather, prayers, and first-hour recitations; as the day advances, lunch, gymnasium, and dinner come in for a fair share of abuse; and the evening is consistently closed with a general grumble...