Word: round
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...students are few. There is a glee club and orchestra, both of recent date, and two secret societies, to 2 G, composed of miners. and a chapter of the Gamma Sigma Upsilon, the civil engineers society. Hops at the gymnasium, a senior ball, and class suppers complete the slender round of amusement for the men of the Institute. The hard work required certainly turns out very capable men, but to obtain their degrees the students have to forego most of the pleasures and social intercourse which make life at most other colleges so pleasant as well as useful...
...graduate of Harvard, class of '80, and, while here, enjoyed an enviable reputation as a sparer. The match was made to decide the championship of the two universities. The referee declared the contest a draw, but, as Mr. Roosevelt was unable to come to time in the last round, the championship appears to belong to Harvard...
...boyish studies had made me familiar with King Arthur and his Round Table, and in general with all the knights and giants of medieval romance; and I therefore had plenty of heroic types at command by which to prefigure this college Titan. But a week or more of my freshman existence passed by without my seeing him, though by no means without my asking and hearing about him. Then one sunny morning there was a knock at my door, and in walked a broad shouldered, brown-bearded personage, with a burly gait, a deep, bluff voice, and a strong, good...
...example of this society comes the Canoe Club, with eleven members and six officers. The Shooting Club on the other hand, has wisely increased its membership, and has effected a corresponding decrease in the number of its officers so that now there are not quite enough to "go round." Two societies, the Art Club and the Reading Room Association, are conspicuous by their absence, but their place is filled by the Shakespere Club, with its 30 members. The Harvard Union shows 155 members this year to 126 last. The Dining Association has 740 men on its rolls...
...picked up the bill, returned to his seat, relighted his pipe, opened the envelope, and then soliloquized as follows, while he read down the list of items: "Humph, here we have 'em again. Another Xmas card from the Bursar, Well, let's see how the score stands on this round. Well, first thing instruction, $50; now that's good. I've been to about 'steed recitations this year, and at half of them I've flunked, while at the other half I've spent my hour in seeing other men get flunked. 'Use of library,' that...