Word: occasionally
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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"Witticisms generally owe much of their effect to the occasion which produces them, and therefore, like volatile vapors, when we attempt to analyze them they evaporate. The glow-worm ceases to shine when subjected to dissection."
THE Amherst Student is good, as it always is. The following stanza, taken from "An Ode" dedicated and presented to Daniel Pratt, on occasion of his recent visit to Amherst, shows that the students have profited by the teachings of that great philosopher:-
No "brave Sophomore," who "filled up his glass" with the "jolly crowd" at the American House on the 13th can fail to remember the occasion as one of the pleasantest in his college course. Nearly three fourths of the class were present, and filled three large dining-tables.
We may as well take this occasion to renew our thanks to our undergraduate contributors, and to bespeak their support in the future. We have been pleased to notice increasing contributions from Freshmen, many of which, however, the character of the subject or the looseness of expression prevents us from...
A FRESHMAN had occasion to visit the cellar in the south entry of Weld a week or two ago. On attempting to return he met with an unexpected obstacle. He pushed against the door at the head of the stairs, and found that it refused to open. He felt for...