Word: meals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...poor-house. At breakfast, which was served at sunrise in summer, and at day-break in winter, there was doled out to each student a small can of unsettled coffee, a size of biscuit and a size of butter weighing generally about an ounce. Dinner was the staple meal and at this the student was regaled with a pound of meat. Two days in the week, Monday and Thursday, the meal was boiled, and in college language, these were known as boiling days. On the five remaining days the meat was roasted, and to them the nickname of roasting days...
...nervousness which would probably effect the result. As regards food, Dr. Sargent said he would give a man to eat what his natural appetite craved, but the kind of food depended on what he had to do. Beef and mutton were the foundation of the diet, and oat meal, graham bread, cracked wheat and vegetables were all good, but pastry, condiments and made dishes should never be used. He believed in letting a man drink all the cold water a systematic thirst required, and that if it was really necessary to reduce the weight...
...with glass doors, into which eager eyes peer, the 'Varsity' crew, bare to the waist, with muscles standing out like whip-cords, bends to the oar. Five o'clock thirty minutes is the fashionable hour for dining, and in fact, is the only time the Harvard man enjoys his meal. This is the dinner hour. In the morning he sleeps too long to relish his breakfast; at noon he lunches on soup and cold meats. But at half-past five he crowds into Memorial, is in good spirits, meets everybody and growls at the waiters. College House and Beck Hall...
...breakfasts. This was certainly an outrageous proceeding on the part of the steward, and savors of an impudence unparalleled save by some of his own previous performances. He should certainly be compelled to regard the just rights of boarders at the hall and to provide sufficient provisions for each meal. There is besides, a standing rule that the articles of fare shall not be sent down until seven minutes after the expiration of the hour - a rule that was here clearly violated. Not content with disregarding all previous criticisms and restraint ineffectually imposed, the steward now goes one step farther...
...danger of theft or easy misappropriation by leaving their umbrellas here. Too many cases have already occurred of umbrellas disappearing and of their owners being unable to regain them. Thus it has come to pass that the umbrellas are carried inside where they can be safely disposed of during meal time...