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...regarded by their Puritan ancestors. They are naturally rather afraid to maltreat him openly; but he is sure to be excluded from decent society. And before you have been in college long, you will learn that decent society - or decent societies, for the word is generally used in the plural number - is the sole end of the ordinary student's life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS TO A FRESHMAN. | 10/6/1876 | See Source »

...CONTEMPORARY asks, - "Is mumps singular, or are they plural?" Both. When you get mumps on both sides of your face at once, they are plural, but they make a person look singular. - Niagara Index...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 5/21/1875 | See Source »

...comes to us full of heavy articles, which, however, are remarkably well written and sensible for undergraduate productions. There is a little too much discussion on our degree of consanguinity with the unfortunate monkey, but a writer on the "Plural Origin of Mankind" has collected some very interesting illustrations, and "Planchette" is discussed with considerable success. In typography, the Owl is inferior to none of our magazine exchanges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Exchanges. | 6/19/1874 | See Source »

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