Word: quarter-past
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Dates: during 1883-1883
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Rehearsal of class song today at half-past one and at quarter-past seven. As many fellows do not come "because they can't sing" the chorister wishes to request them not to stay away on that account, for rough voices increase the volume of tone without sensibly marring its quality. Let all come and sing today and tomorrow and the class song will go off well...
...women as well as to young men. With a few alterations the routine of life at Girton is very much the same as in all the ladies' colleges. The hours of refection are much the same as in all homes. Breakfast, after prayers at eight, goes on from a quarter-past eight to nine. Luncheon is a movable feast from twelve to three. The dinner hour is six. There is tea at four, and again at nine in the evening. The lectures are generally given in the afternoon. There is a reading-room, with use of pianos. The students...
PROFESSOR to Junior, who comes late to a quarter-past eight recitation: "We thought you were dead, Mr. Blim." Mr. Blim (solemnly): "Not dead, but sleeping...