Word: past
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...this subject from reading "Tom Brown"; but the Oxford of to-day is by no means what it was when Thomas Hughes saw it. The purse-proud regime has been reduced, the tandem-driving lords and snobs are unknown. The "Town and Gown" row is a thing of the past, so is that unappeasable thirst for beer by which the youth of that time seemed to have been impelled. The writer states that a student who should anywhere be seen tipsy would lose caste entirely among his fellows; but this is a very hard statement to swallow. If true, things...
...Past, sprung from the depths of boundless...
...conclusion, Oxford is at the same time a university of the past and of the present. Many old manners and customs still remain, but in most respects she is abreast of the times and is making continual progress. The restraint put upon the student, however, seems to be greater than in most other large universities, but in time this will doubtless be done away with...
...Seniors met in Boylston Hall last Monday evening to elect officers for Class Day. The meeting was called to order at half past seven by Mr. E. Robinson, chairman of the Committee appointed to arrange the preliminaries for the election. The report of the Committee and the rules drawn up by them for conducting the meeting were read and accepted. The selection of Mr. Thorp as chairman received the approbation of the class, and, after a few preliminary remarks, the business of the evening was introduced...
...Past, - the realm of clinging memory...