Word: must
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wish to call the attention of all those who intend to enter to the question of apparel. Last year complaint was made by several persons who brought ladies, that some of the contestants were improperly clothed, and, to prevent any further complaint, it may be well to specify what must be worn. Loose drawers to the knee seem the most suitable articles for running or walking, but if contestants wear tights, the Executive Committee will insist upon trunks being worn over them. At the request of the Association, "Oak Hall" has manufactured several costumes at such a price...
...often seen at Harvard, he does exist here. We all know him. He is not an imaginary phenomenon, but real flesh and blood. To use a milder and perhaps more applicable illustration than the former one, he is the man who, though he has a short neck, must needs make himself ugly and very miserable by wearing a high collar, because Swellington, who has a long neck, can wear such a collar comfortably and to advantage...
...happy distinctions of Harvard that a man cannot become popular here unless he fully deserves to be so. But perhaps no society was ever so good that its members did not wish it better; and those of us who have given any thought to the subject must wish that integrity of personal character was more respected, and that rivalry and toadying might be banished from Harvard life...
...many nickel-plated, portable lamps are distributed - throughout the car. If necessity requires, movable slides in the ceiling can be opened, giving plenty of air to each and every occupant of the car." When the eighteen nickel-plated lamps are all going at once, the top of the car must present the appearance of being upholstered with buttons when the unhappy artists stretch their heads out of their respective panels...
...elastic nature of the company fits them admirably for travelling, as may be seen in the account of the arrangement of the "reception-room." This room is twenty-eight feet long, and contains sleeping accommodations for forty. Thus each artist must rest from his professional labors in a space about eight inches in breadth by eight and one half feet in length. They must be very unlike the dog in the riddle, who was let out at night and taken in in the morning...