Word: mock
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...college life had faded; and in its place was a gaudy thing, like one of those strange works of Turner, hideous and unreal. When will the Freshman be himself again? Perhaps in four years, - perhaps to-morrow. Until then we shall know him by his feigned face and mock-heroic air: for we, too, have all seen Humbug; and many of us, like the Freshman, have taken his advice. A few there are who realize that they have heard only Humbug's side of the question...
Unshaken still those ancient arches mock...
...standing committee" of the Faculty has been appointed to find out and punish the originators of the Junior Exhibition mock scheme...
...Mock programmes are still in vogue, and "judging from the previous efforts of '79, this year they ought to be as disgusting as any ever presented...
...might be abolished. The four classes might gather and cheer each other to their hearts' content; the union of the students might be as strong as ever; while the rushing rings, the bad hats, the squabbles, and the trophies of old Class Day might be allowed to lapse with mock parts, required studies, and class feeling into the memories of the past...