Word: means
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There are three classes of students in our universities. There is the student who is simply a "college man," who dresses, carries a cane, smokes a cigarette and talks. There is the student who is simply a student, sorry in figure and mean in feature - scholarly and consumptive. There is the student who is trained in mind and body, - mentally and physically cultured, standing often-times near the top of his class, thoroughly prepared for life's struggles. After the necessary restrictions have been made against extremes, those colleges graduate the most men of the last class, which encourages...
...Association. It is not long ago that the practice of publishing the term-bill price of board began. Members used to be left to ascertain it from the bursar's bills, and few of them knew, even then, the exact number of weeks for the computation. I do not mean to imply that the price used to be concealed in order to cover up the affairs of the association; there was no such intention. At the same time increased publicity should be met with just comprehension. It is believed by some that the stability and success of the association will...
...easily understood. The fact that all the students are occupied in the same line of study gives them sympathetic views. Men are readier to converse on the subject of their studies when they are sure that every hearer will know precisely to what they refer, and what they mean...
...after them. The car stopped exactly across the track. The engineer and fireman of the locomotive also saw the danger, and, reversing the steam and applying the brakes, they succeeded in stopping the engine, but not till it had approached to within four feet of the car. In the mean time the horses had continued unmanageable, and finally the leaders broke away and ran. Other horses were sent from the stables, and, after quiet had been restored, the car proceeded...
...enquires : "What is the origin and signification of the custom of adorning a bridal dress with orange blossoms?" But a question which is too good to be seen by the chosen few alone who frequent the library, is this, purporting to be from a freshman : "What do 'cuts' mean?" One who knows from experience has written below the question : "Apply at U. 5." But that flippancy such as the above at all prevails in these questions is certainly a mistaken impression...