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Word: quiets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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Officers of the University are welcome to use the room as a place for quiet study, but others are not expected to make it a working place, except when they have occasion to use the books which are sheived there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Treasure Room Opened in Core | 4/30/1908 | See Source »

...object of this article is to remind the students of their responsibility in this matter: maintaining quiet after 10 o'clock, not only in the dormitories where the athletes live, but also in the streets near by. It is never ill will that causes a disturbance at night, but thoughtlessness pure and simple. A thoughtless noise, however, is just as effective as an ill-willed noise in keeping a man awake; and as sleep is of such vital importance to the teams, we ask every man to make a point first of keeping quiet himself and second, of reminding anyone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 4/8/1908 | See Source »

...have found one of the chief objections to the hall in this useless provision. The old maxim of "After breakfast walk a mile, after dinner rest a while," can scarcely be observed, when it is necessary to walk a quarter of a mile or more before enjoying a quiet after-dinner smoke. Members of the Yale Dining Association are allowed to smoke at will in the hall, in which the air, despite the fact, remains clear and fresh. Certainly it is not necessary for the attractiveness and prosperity of our hall to be impaired by any antediluvian prejudices...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SMOKING AT MEMORIAL | 4/6/1908 | See Source »

...particularly desirable for next year, as a new heating system and a passenger elevator are to be installed during the summer. The windows of the second and third floors on the north side will be fitted with a double run of sash, which will make the rooms much more quiet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Applications for College Rooms Closed at 1 o'clock | 4/2/1908 | See Source »

...last act Littlewit goes to see how a puppet-show is conducted by Leatherhead. Busy rushes on and attempts to stop the performance, but is persuaded to be quiet. Now Overdo appears and discloses his identity, thinking he has discovered the perpetrators of all the crimes at the fair, but finds himself mistaken. Trouble-all, a mad man, Mooncalf, a tapster, and Haggise and Bristle, two drunken watchmen, furnish the low comedy parts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plot and Cast of "Bartholomew Fair" | 2/29/1908 | See Source »

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