Word: overcoats
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...blame them for this, for it is only natural to be unwilling to go through the form of a recitation, or to deliver a lecture, for the benefit of only a small portion of the regular division, especially when the temperature of the room is such that an overcoat is decidedly comfortable. Nothing begins in earnest until Monday; those who do come back do not think of doing any work, but spend their time in grumbling at having to come back before the week is out, and in regretting that they have come back. We hope that the powers that...
...better commentary on the atmosphere of our dormitories is needed than the reply of the Senior, who, on being asked why he did not put on his overcoat these awful cold days, replied, "O, I keep that to wear in my room...
...swollen." Now I don't know what a status quo is, and I don't believe he does. Why will he talk so? I was secretly glad yesterday when the instructor opened the window to keep the men awake, for I knew my neighbor did n't wear any overcoat...
LAST Monday night a room on the ground-floor in Weld was entered while the occupant was at dinner, and an overcoat with a few small articles was stolen. Three years ago a man was caught in the act of robbing a room in Matthews, and it happens that his term in the House of Correction has but just expired; moreover, he was seen in the Square on Monday evening. There may be no connection between these events, but it would be well for those whose rooms are easily entered to take some precaution. We are unfortunately left...
...blandly would he sometimes come into my room, take off his rubbers and overcoat, and pleasantly inform me that he had no more recitations for that day! I knew what this meant, - a straight loaf till tea, and a steady drain on my cherished tobacco. He made fair promises of buying the next, but the next for him never came...