Word: mirthful
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...Messrs M. Williams, I. N. P. Stokes, and W. K. Flint, who acted as committee of arrangements. Mr. Hale's oration was loudly applauded both for its excellence as an oration and for the sentiments which it expressed. the poem was full of hits and gave occasion for much mirth. The dinner broke up with the '91 cheer...
Hitherto our annual dinners have been the only times of assembly; constructed-as we librarians would say-on the "fixed location" system, they have lacked the movement necessary to diffused cheerfulness: instead, centres of volcanic mirth with large areas of depression...
...beats his wife, and is in revenge given out by her as a most skilful doctor who will not consent to practice until he is soundly beaten-this is the farce motive of the piece, and in such hands as those of Moliere it is most potent for mirth...
...startling in its originality and of surpassing excellence in its production. The college will also expect the Freshman Glee Club to do its share in driving away dull care during the long spring and summer evenings, by entertaining the inmates of the dormitories in the yard with songs of mirth and jollity...
...experienced by a man who has really earned A and receives notice that his mark is E. The thought of the annoyance to arise from the investigation that will follow, both to him and the instructor, is almost irresistible. However, with a severe effort, we manage to control our mirth. If the authors of such tricks are freshmen there is possibly some excuse for them, though it would seem that six months at college ought to be enough to teach most men to suppress the school-boy exuberance of spirits known as "freshness." If the offenders are upper-classmen...