Word: said
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...scene is not confined always to Cambridge, and the heroes are occupied more with female society than those of "Fair Harvard," and much more, it seems to us, than is the case with the average undergraduate of flesh and blood. Notwithstanding what we have said of the book, it is readable, and its faults are amusing. We advise those who want only to be entertained to read it, but we trust strangers anxious to get an idea of Harvard will not pin their faith to any great extent upon this production...
...same time, as I said before, you will find the moral tone of your surroundings very different from tone of your home. You will hear things said and see things done, which you have always been taught to regard-with holy horror. For example, I will speak of drunkenness. I am familiar enough with the views of your mother and of your great-aunt Lucretia upon this matter to know that you, who have passed a good portion of your life in the society of those ladies, went to college with an idea that a man who had ever succumbed...
...moodily against a tree. Of a sudden a cold puff of wind drew across the Yard, and, tinkle, tinkle, a sharp metallic sound struck my ear. I turned, and saw that I was standing near the college-pump, whose tin cup the breeze was rattling against the post. "Well said, wise counsellor," I murmured, "if man fail, then malt...
...side and then get out of the way. They ran till they were caught, and then "had it down." Harvard's men ran as far as they could and then passed it, and had a decided advantage throughout the game. In justice to the Canadians, it should be said that four or five of their finest men disappointed them. Hope and Kerr, whose formidable appearance so intimidated our team last spring, were both unable to play, as were also Cross and Greenfield. The game was remarkable for its few disputes and the general good feeling which prevailed throughout...
...Cambridge and Oxford Undergraduates' Journal says: "With regard to the American International Regatta, the less said the better. A more disgraceful exhibition in amateur aquatic sports was never known. The first Trinity crew that went out so pluckily deserved better luck, but under all circumstances, they acquitted themselves most satisfactorily, and by no means reflected any disgrace, either on their college or the University...