Word: offing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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THE Amherst Student complains of the excellent reputation as "models of morality" which Amherst students bear, on the ground that it is undeserved by them and only the inevitable result of their Faculty's severity. We admire modesty, and assure Amherst that we feel for her.
Apropos of the above, -
PRESIDENT ELLIOT of Harvard denounces government aid in the matter of higher education. But when President Elliot was President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which received government aid, he did n't denounce government aid so much as he does now. Note that down! - Cornell Times.
At the late Saltonstall Races a prominent member of the Yale Navy was patted on the back by an elderly gentleman, with the cheering remark. "Good for you Russell School boys!" - Courant.
"Ho mug-gin, ho mug-gin, from a forrin' sho-ore," is the way a Topeka belle renders the words of a popular song. - College Chronicle.