Word: scene
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...precursor of much of current college wit may, perhaps, be recognized in a bright dialogue in this book on "The Day Before Commencement," with its scene located in "No. 4 Holworthy." The following good advice is given during the course...
...Scene : Primer geology class, 3333 A. D. Object lesson. Professor - "What is this which I hold in my' hand?" Class - "We are not prepared." Professor - "It is the tooth of a cat given to the college in the nineteenth century. How long tails had the cats in that age?" Class - "Seven and one-half feet." Professor - "Yes, this tooth proves that some were over twenty feet in length. What else may we learn from this?" Class - "That's as far as the lesson went." Professor - "Well, it also shows that cats could once drink milk. Now, man sometimes drinks milk...
...acting of young Salvini as George Duhamel in "Article 47" is very favorably criticised. In the familiar final scene be displayed an amount of genuine passion, an admirable by-play and grace that certainly give promise of a brilliant future...
...about ten years I have always demanded pledges from those who transgressed college laws, and in all that time I never once heard of one's being broken." The N. Y. Herald reports that quiet now reigns in Princeton: "No longer does the principal thoroughfare resemble a street scene in a Christmas pantomime. The undertakers' signs cease to grace the fronts of chemists' shops. That hazing has had a knock-down at Princeton there can be no doubt...
...Scene in the law school. Professor: "Is this an action in assumpsit?" Student; "No, sir. It is an action in chancery...