Word: man
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...subject of last night; but since this cold weather has set in, my thoughts hitch each time on the same point. I invariably dwell upon the temperature of my room, and find myself repeating again and again those expressions of discontent that are apt to proceed from a man who sees before him a blazing fire, but feels around him an intolerable chill. This troubled condition of mind forces me to unburden myself...
Speaking from experience, I can say that not sixty per cent of the class write anything at all, and the most part of what is written is not worth a picayune. Now and then a man has something worth mentioning, but the average life is a very cambric-tea affair, or about as amusing reading as the directory, here and there rising to the exciting pitch of Homer's Catalogue of Ships...
...change I would suggest to the present Senior Class is to abandon this farce of class lives, and have a large class-book with pages assigned to every man ever connected with the class. Have a brief simple history, comprising some few salient points, such as date of birth, name of father, and time connected with class; let each man write the secretary at least every two years, and from these letters let his "history" be collated by the secretary. It is absurd with such large classes as we have now to attempt individual lives of every member...
...intend to bore you with philosophy, - with my peculiar views of the causes and effects of this state of things. I am only going to use this statement as an introduction to a warning lecture, which I sincerely hope that you will read. For a man's life cannot help being more or less evident in his appearance and his conversation; and a person whose existence is as deliberately monotonous as that of most of our compatriots will almost infallibly wear the same coat from morning till night, and talk nothing but shop. I have lately been reminded of this...
...reopened with every prospect of success. Many of the "deserters" have returned, and the Association has at present a membership of over 360. The old steward was induced by a pecuniary consideration to abdicate before the expiration of his term of office, and he has been succeeded by a man who seems to be much better qualified for the place. Viands like to those that are now prepared in Memorial Hall kitchen were never before seen in Commons, and the tables - the students no longer - fairly groan under them. So sumptuous was the food for the first few days that...