Word: proctor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Rust had had to give up, thus losing the race to Mr. Harrison as really the hares are supposed to keep together, made many windings till the Mill Dam was again reached. Here the order was given to break for home, Smith, Matthewson and Appleton leading, Norton and Proctor 150 yards behind. Norton caught the front hounds soon, but lost by taking the wrong turning to Allston, but at Allston was leading again, cutting out the pace very fast, he finished first, going very strong at Brighton bridge. The time of the hare...
...town, and the regulations for those who reside in their colleges are not very different from those (and they are few and simple enough) which govern Harvard men who live in the college dormitories. With us, those who are responsible for the good order of their buildings are denominated proctors, but in the English universities the proctor is a very different and much grander person. Those whose duty it is in the separate colleges of Oxford to keep order and conduct the examinations are the tutors, most of whom reside within the walls...
...proctor or pro-proctor is supposed to make the rounds of the main streets adjoining the college every night, and it is expected that in case of any row they shall not be far off. The fifth of November is the time for the annual row between town and gown, and then the whole force is likely to be on hand. One of the regulations is that the cap and gown shall be worn during the morning, without the college walls. During the afternoon it is not required, but in the evening it is positively demanded. If a proctor meets...
...Ernest Young, Ph. D., to be assistant professor of history for five years from Sept. 1, 1883; of J. G. Crosswell, A. B., to be assistant professor of Greek and Latin for five years from Sept. 1, 1883, and of A. L. Hall, A. B., to be proctor...
...member of the Cambridge police tells a story on the proctors of twenty years (or less) ago. At that time, on the celebration of a certain holiday, the faculty got wind of a good time intended by the inmates of one of the dormitories, and fearing the proctor of the building would not be able to stop the revelry if it became too hilarious, secretly stationed two policemen near the room occupied by the students. The officers, however, as well as the faculty afterward, were somewhat astonished to discover the proctor on guard disappear every few minutes into the scene...