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Word: never (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...gentlemen who have been undergraduates for five years or more assure us that they have never seen a Class Day which can compare in point of festivity and propitious weather with the Class Day of '78. Certainly the fondest hopes of the Seniors must have been realized on that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS DAY. | 7/3/1878 | See Source »

...must say we fail to see what Mr. Blakie would gain by foreclosing. As things stand he has a fair chance of getting all his money; if he forecloses, he gets only a lot of rickety, slow old tubs, called by courtesy "shells" and barges, which he could never sell for anything but kindling-wood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/14/1878 | See Source »

...Illinois Freshman has the reputation of having thus outwitted a pert Senior. Senior. "Do you know why our college is such a learned place?" Freshman. "Of course; the Freshmen all bring a little learning here, and as the Seniors never take any away, it naturally accumulates." - University Reporter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 6/14/1878 | See Source »

...returnable) of ONE DOLLAR per man, for each and every game, must accompany all entries. The right to reject any entry is reserved. No one will be allowed to compete unless properly attired. Competitors will please send their colors with their entry. An AMATEUR is any person who has never competed in an open competition, or for a stake, or for public money, or for admission money, or with professionals for a prize, public money, or admission money; nor has ever, at any period of his life, taught or assisted in the pursuit of athletic exercises as a means...

Author: By Class Secretary., | Title: Epigram. | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

...seems to us that the custom of wearing base-ball suits into Memorial Hall, though rapidly growing in favor among certain students, is not one that recommends itself for universal adoption. We admit that we have never belonged to a base-ball nine, that we are prejudiced, and that we perhaps even deserve to be called squeamish, but still we cannot help objecting to the practice. From an aesthetic point of view blouses of gray trimmed with crimson are not beautiful, and we have been told that one of the advantages gained by boarding in Memorial Hall is the refinement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

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