Word: parts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...must, while deeply deploring such a state of affairs, suffer and be still. There is one way, however, in which we may possibly be able to make some little reform, and that is by endeavoring to influence the college correspondents of the various newspapers who for the most part are college men, and frequently undergraduates, while others are exceedingly "fresn." We therefore think that if they could be made to feel that they were in some measure responsible to the college for their published statements they would soon acquire sufficient discretion...
...Boys' match, and finally the ecstatic moment when he found himself elected to the dignity of a cap. That cap be still preserves among the curios in his smoking-room and perhaps regards in with greater affection than anything else, inasmuch as it speaks to him of a part of his active life which is irrevocably past...
...half-a-dozen. Those were the days of "hacking," and scenes which were frequent enough then, nay, which were almost inevitable, would not be tolerated now in the rowdiest of grounds. It was then by no means an uncommon sight to see the ball flying away in one part of the field, while the forward players were crowded together in a heap hacking at each others' shins like fiends ; it was by no means rare to see a man rushing at full pace with the ball toward the enemy's goal-ling, while a back-player, instead of seizing...
...Michigan Argonant gives the following account of Mr. Justin Winsor's address at the dedication of the Ann Arbor Library: "One of the most interesting features of the evening was the address by Mr. Justin Winsor on bibliography in general and the part books play in the world's progress. The address although read, was delivered in an entertaining, conversational manner and was very heartily appreciated by the audience. Taking for his text what some are pron to call "trash," he showed what an important part the lighter varieties of literature play, so that the "trash" of one age becomes...
...trim as art and labor can keep them, and as soft to the foot-step as velvet, and as the habit of a thousand years could make them. Today the examinations are all over, and the festivities of commemoration have begun. The men have for the most part doffed "the cap and gown," and are abroad in the streets and grounds of the colleges in the usually well-fitting garments of the English gentleman...