Word: proctor
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Harry calls our proctor Conscience, because he makes cowards...
...minor offence committed by the students a few nights ago was the removal of the clapper of the college bell, a feat that is performed here annually. The students paid dearly for this piece of folly, for a proctor, coming upon them quietly, removed the scaling ladder, and kept them up in the cold until he thought they had a sufficient time for repentance, and then let them down, taking their names as they descended...
...NOTHING but leaves," as the second-year honor man replied when the proctor asked what he had in his sleeve...
...gentle rap. His door opens slowly, and an ear-trumpet is thrust in. Attached to the little end is a proctor (proctors always come out at the "little end of the horn"). He said, "Too much noise - your name, Mr. Persimmons, please - report - Dean - to-morrow...
...Proctor - A species of intermittent volcano, covered with a crusty substance when not in a state of eruption. - Webster...