Word: mania
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Western colleges-a mental malady which seems most frequently to result in the strange delusion on the part of the sufferer that he is being abused by somebody or other, and that the utmost vigor and rigor on his part is called for to repel all attacks. A curious mania for "strong writing" seems always to be co-existent in the college papers of the institutions where this sad disorder flourishes. We cannot affect to explain this fact either. For example there are the two papers we have mentioned-both seemingly smitten with this mysterious affliction...
...almost unbearable. Last year a man fainted at the very corresponding lecture in this course. In spite of this, a man near the windows attempted to close the few windows that were open. The rest of the audience very properly hissed him. Some men seem to have a mania for closing windows, however disagreeable the close air may be to others. This is done in many of the recitations, and it is to be hoped that the section will insist upon its right to hiss...