Word: one
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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EVERY now and then some one of our "esteemed" contemporaries inveighs against the appreciative but unconscientious student who borrows the papers from the reading-room. The men at Dartmouth, however, are not quite so wicked as that: they content themselves with cutting out whatever happens to suit their taste, and the rest they leave generously to those who may come after. Moreover, "these persons are the very ones who leave their subscriptions to the Dartmouth unpublished," as that righteously indignant journal informs...
That favor never puzzled one...
SPARRING.There is one exceedingly good rule in the laws of "Sparring" in the H. A. A. Constitution which we hope to see strictly enforced. This is a rule making the "set-to" of three minutes' duration, best two in three, and thirty seconds between each bout. This is a capital rule, and will render it impossible for any man to win his bout unless he is in good hard condition, as he should...
...One day, however, the Professor happening to read a theme in which there were several Misspelled Words, two references to Matthew Arnold, a remarkable Mixture of Metaphors, as well as a surprising Lack of Unity, all waited, as they usually did, for a few crushing Remarks from the acute Senior. What was their delight to find him, instead, taking many Notes, blushing to the Roots of his Hair and completely Tongue-tied...
...very qualities which made it interesting detracted from its merit as an essay; it contained too many illustrations and anecdotes. On the other hand, its form was too scientific for the general reader, and its theory was too palpably modelled after that of Mr. Herbert Spencer to leave it one spark of originality. Yet the essay showed a wide knowledge of the subject, was well arranged and written, and as a whole made a good impression...