Word: orono
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Dates: during 1877-1877
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...course of my summer rambles I wandered as far east as Orono, the seat of the Maine State College, and, happening there in the midst of their Class-Day exercises, I took the opportunity of studying the character and customs of that institution. There are probably so few in this University who ever heard of the place that I may be pardoned for mentioning its location on the Penobscot, twenty miles beyond Bangor...
Some one has defined civilized communities as those where one can get a good beefsteak; and as this article is rarely found east of Boston, the state of civilization that exists at Orono can be easily imagined...