Word: prolonging
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...than once a week, on the average, and the time until three would be amply sufficient for the customary smoke or after-dinner nap. The proposed plan would leave the hour from five to six for exercise in the Gymnasium or for walking, and, what is more important, would prolong the time for rowing, and allow the crews to get their supper before half past seven or eight. Those who have engagements in the evening would greatly appreciate this leisure hour before six, and we believe that the change would be favorably received by a majority of the students...
While the clam and the nightingale sweetly prolong...