Word: queerly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...superseded sail "jack tar" has lost his peculiar characteristics. Not so. The sailor gets his character from the salt sea. He is a growler, yet when he must he does his work cheerfully. He despises the marine as a landlubber. He is a creature of tradition and fond of queer pets...
...curious story with an unreal situation. The mountains with their queer people and customs are faithfully and vividly painted, however, and analyses of character are masterly. One feels though that they somewhat overbalance the story...
...speakers in the Princeton debate last fall, to him in great part the success of this team was due. To him also more than probably any one else belongs the credit for the rise in debating at Yale. When he entered College, it was considered almost a "queer" to belong to one of the Unions, while now their membership rolls contain the names of many of the prominent undergraduates of all classes...
...Sketches;- A Queer Catch,- The Church of Le Pere Marquette...
...unprejudiced observer the first editorial in last Friday's CRIMSON must present a queer picture of Harvard...