Word: perring
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...rush frantically to recitation, returning at the same tremendous pace at its conclusion; he knows only one or two congenial spirits with whom he takes a "constitutional" of twenty minutes every day. He too will follow his leader, continuing to live in an atmosphere redolent of ninety-five per cent, sowing at once the seeds of knowledge as to the mind and consumption as to the body. Muffin takes Fumbler's old position on the nine, and to Crab and Warnings naturally succeed Feather and Lurker...
...paper, we have tried to make this number satisfactory; but if in any particular it fails to meet the expectations of any of our readers, we hope they will be lenient, and as each succeeding number appears, they will undoubtedly be well pleased with our efforts." Terms, fifty cents per annum...
...Hughes's little speech in Massachusetts Hall had become somewhat stale, were it not to be said in excuse that there is as much occasion for our English visitor's criticism now as then. The one fact that the number who elect political economy this year is thirteen per cent less than last, shows that Mr. Hughes's words failed of the desired effect, notwithstanding their repetition by others till they had become quite threadbare. Granted that college graduates are too reluctant to enter public life, the important question becomes, How shall the evil be corrected...
...phenomenon of American life. Meanwhile, the critics were as kind as they could have been if bribed; they occupied themselves more harmlessly than ever before or since, - they sorted his words, and with most gratifying results. One eminent philologist discovered that in a certain poem ninety-five per cent of the words was of Anglo-Saxon origin, three and a half was Western slang, while but one and a half per cent was Latin or Greek! He was proclaimed the people's poet, and, for a time, all went well: but he had climbed too high to keep his position...
Giving the per cent of candidates not admitted to Harvard for the years 1870, 1871, and 1872, he says, "This large number rejected at Harvard only shows that the examination there was rigid, while the larger number rejected at Yale only shows, of course, that the candidates examined at Yale were more poorly prepared"; and he furthermore adds, "A young man" [a single example only is cited] "was refused admission to the Sophomore class at Yale for deficiency of preparation. He went directly to Harvard College, offered himself as a candidate for the Junior class there, and was admitted." There...