Word: realing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following from a Yale paper, seems to indicate that mathematics is not much more popular there than here. "If one wishes to see a real funeral procession he may look at the sophomores passing into or, better, perhaps, passing out of the Chauvenet recitations...
maker, if one were only possessed of an invisible cloak. The coalscuttle which has done duty for three generations of undergraduates is palmed off as "the very last purchis which Mr. Blank made, and he was a real gentleman he was, and behaved like one." Mr. Blank- the real gentleman- the immediate predecessor in one's room, is generally discovered afterwards not to have displayed toward the bed-maker the extraordinary quality with which she persists in crediting him; indeed he very often turns out to have had a very low opinion of that amiable lady's character as developed...
...second class includes those who- men perhaps unsuccessful in their efforts to reach their destination of belonging to class 1, or others less ambitions, -engage in the different sports for the love of the games themselves and perhaps from a desire to give the regular teams as much real practice as possible. These men really deserve a great deal of the credit for college's successes in the different branches of athletics. A third class of men who exercise, not from love of exercise, but more from a mere sense of duty. Such men, unfortunately...
...British drum, would roll on unceasingly. But this noisy nuisance, thankfully let it be said, is now over, and only the minor noises will interrupt the solitude of the ancient square until the nine begins to roll up its victories next spring. Then our Western friend will learn what real noise is: yes, and help swell the clamor, too, unless we are greatly mistaken...
After the practice game of last Saturday, we can congratulate the college on having an eleven that plays with more life and real snap than has been seen here for years. The passing among the forwards id loose, as of course it must be for the first few weeks, but is brilliant and effective in the extreme. And some of the forwards, notably Phillips and Gilman, have developed a speed in running that surprised us all. We could easily full spece with praises, but our purpose today it criticism and censure. This we hope the team will take in good...