Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...take a very pleasant, although not very short, walk up North-avenue to one or two streets beyond Porter's station on the Fitchburg railroad. Here we must turn to the right and, once turned, we must "follow our noses," as well as the streets will allow, until Tufts College of renown appears on a not very distant summit straight before us. This famous institution once sighted, we must not fail to climb the hill and get the view. The first thing however to attract our attention will be the reservoir, which is confidently close to the college buildings...
...Another pleasant walk is up Brattle street. This takes us past the old Lowell estate, which is on our left, an old house, painted of course, yellow and white, set back a considerable distance from the street, and surrounded by very spacious grounds, which contain a fine grove of tall trees, and are themselves surrounded by an almost inhospitably tall fence. Next we come to Mt. Auburn cemetery, which is of course interesting, so to speak, exofficio, and also because it contains a moderately high tower, which is itself considerably elevated. From this we may get a very good...
...cross over to Concord Avenue. We how wind our way through Concord avenue, Buckingham and Craigie streets, coming out on Brattle street, and turning to the left we continue our way down Brattle. But first, why all these perambulations? I answer, merely that we may pass through a very pleasant quarter of Cambridge, and at the same time, "take in" the Longfellow house, which we cannot fail to see on our left as we move down Brattle street. It is another of the famous old Cambridge houses, yellow and white like so many of the others, with a high fence...
...again to the room of our dear friend Snodkins, of whom we have heard so much, and spend a quiet evening with him. Snodkins' room is in Holyoke and looks out on the well which adorns that classic building. Sitting down before his cosy fire, listening to his pleasant chat, we think, "lo, how charming is a college life; so quiet, so peaceful, so free from care." This thought has hardly passed through our minds, when a horrid noise re-echoes from the wall, rolling from story to story with wild clamor; at last it dies away, and when silence...
Thus it is that college men labor to make their rooms not only pleasant but interesting, and indeed success in this is pretty general. I doubt if there is a room that has not something of originality in it in the line of decoration. Even the most indifferent man will have something which he has labored over and which he wants his visitors to appreciate. Decorative art on college rooms is indeed a branch of art by itself, and finds no parallel anywhere else. College rooms are really an interesting study, and visitors to Cambridge are fortunate if they...