Word: mens
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...College Directory" does not seem to have been much of a success, to judge from the free way in which it was given away at Memorial the other night. Several men were surprised to find that they had received the degree...
...catalogue, or, at most, have a nodding - I can't say bowing - acquaintance with. Now, shall we confess to these outsiders that there are many different circles of friends in each class, and that we are, in short, cliquish? Doggy, who never speaks to any one except the four men who got into his society ahead of him, and some six or seven who came after him, says he does n't see that there's any exclusiveness here. Yet you'd be less surprised to find Waitt when you want him than to see Doggy talking to Grinder. Observe...
...whose average is n't over 85 per cent, and whose members think they know more than any instructor in college, and spend their spare hours in reading the classics or philosophy for amusement; and an infinite number of sets which have no distinguishing characteristics at all, composed of men whom fellowship at school or mere chance has thrown together, and who are not qualified for any of the three main cliques, either in manners, muscle, or brain. Each of these many sets looks down on all the others, or affects to; and the result is, not the utmost good...
...this college for a run of three miles. These offers to remain open until the end of next June. Any man intending to make one of these trials to give ten days' notice to the Vice-President of the H. A. A. These offers are made solely to induce men to train, as without being in top condition they cannot hope to equal these times...
...university, not being officers of the colleges, generally reside in detached houses. Their pay is rather less than that of our own professors. The Oxford tutor is usually an accomplished scholar who has himself passed through the university course. He is the familiar friend of the young men, often entertained by them at their social gatherings, and entertaining them in return. His care of his pupil is not limited to official hours, but is often special...