Word: presented
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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THERE are at present three sets of telephones in active operation in college. Telephones can be hired of the C. T. Co., at $5.00 a pair per annum. The president can be found at 8 Matthews...
...accordance with the vote passed at the O. K. dinner last year, the committee then appointed have made arrangements for a second dinner and reunion of the past and present members of the society, on Tuesday evening, April 2, 1878, at Young's Hotel, in Boston. Rev. George L. Chaney, the first president of the society, will preside. The tickets for the dinner will be $2.50 each, and they can be obtained from any of the undersigned, by personal application or by mail. If members will purchase their tickets at an early day it will greatly facilitate the efforts...
...great event of the day, that which interested intensely every undergraduate present, was the tug of war, composed of the five strongest men in the four classes. The class of '79 led the way into the ring, headed by four of her representatives on the 'Varsity, Smith, Schwarz, Jacobs, Crocker, and Taussig. The appearance of those four men, who have done so much for the College in boating, and who have contributed so much to '79's reputation as an athletic class, was the signal for a burst of applause caused by a very pardonable pride. The class...
Again it was suggested that if we take the words ce qui pend au talon, "that which hangs down to the heels," and then erase all but the verb and the noun, we shall retain the sound of pantalons, from which the present spelling might well arise. The word, at any rate, has been used in English since the time of Hudibras, who says...
...class could not honorably withdraw from a race after what had passed, but if they were going to do so, it had better be at once than later. He concluded by proposing a ballot to decide on the general feeling of the class, of which a large majority was present. The motion was carried, and, a ballot being taken, it was decided by a large majority, and, upon reconsideration, unanimously, to row against Cornell, and support the crew. The meeting was then adjourned...