Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...having "spotters." With a hundred names or more on the list, the calling of the roll is a long and tiresome ordeal for both instructor and student. But the new system, that of having the men sign their names on slips of paper at each recitation, is certainly a relief to the instructors and, we may well suppose, not at all disagreeable to the monitors...
...quiet after all, and we ask Snodkins to tell us more about the subject. "Well," says he, "the drummer's chum played the fife before the procession, and that was excruciating, I admit; especially with a bones accompaniment. But that's over now, thank Heaven," and he sighs with relief. "Other noises," he continued, "are not so bad, nor so numerous. There's the Glee Club member, to whom it is quite a pleasure to listen, except when he has a friend who is learning to yodel; then there's the whistling freshman, always at the oldest...
During the last three days of doubt and suspense, all the daily papers have harassed the feelings of their readers by conflicting reports of success and defeat in the election. It will no doubt be a great relief to the excited public to find one journal which has preserved its former equanimity, which in the midst of the storm raging throughout the land, has remained cheerful and unmoved; one journal which has published no conflicting election returns, has issued no extra editions with false bulletins intended to keep up the excitement and a steady sale of the papers, but with...
...Blaine and Logan students at Williams College have a uniform of white capes with white relief caps, "neat if not gaudy," as the Williams Argo says...
...circular issued by the faculty yesterday has been read with satisfaction by all the students. It is a relief to know the exact situation...