Word: mores
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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My chum proposed to introduce me as the Khan of Tartary; and since each one had to choose some lofty name, I became a Khan, and made no more puns the rest of the evening.
There were also two men dressed in white that excited my curiosity. One of them, I was told, imagined, curiously enough, that good manners had died out at Yale, and that he was the Ghost of Manners! The other imagined himself the devil, and had on a sign, "The Devil...
"Don't be impertinent, young man," said she. "You must be more respectful, or I will give a bad account of you on the Last Day."
THE next subject for debate in English 5 is as follows: Resolved, that the State should support in full no education more advanced than that given by the grammar schools. The speakers on the affirmative are Doane, A. L. Hall, and W. A. Smith; on the negative, Gardiner, Almy, and...
IT is to be regretted that Mr. Perry's lecture-hour is so inconvenient to many who would gladly attend, though a change might not suit those who can go now. It is hoped, however, that the lecturer will see whether some other hour and place would not be more...