Word: schoolboy
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...begin with, he is in the office of his older brother Henry, when he would rather be at Oxford or Cambridge. It had seemed rather a lark, two years ago, to exchange the dubious inferiority of a schoolboy's estate for the undoubted social elevation of a man of the world, a worker in the City. But time has dimmed the glories of his position, and with heels on the rungs of his office chair, his head is in the clouds. He pictures himself in the classic halls of learning, and the more he pictures, the less work he accomplishes...
...Cushing batsmen in the first frame, but game one of his few hits when McGrath singled into right field. The Freshmen were equally impotent in their half of the inning, but in the second, they began in earnest. Ellison walked, advanced to third when Morris; the schoolboy second-baseman, bungled Bailey's fast grounder, and scored on Hamlen's long sacrifice fly to center field. A moment later, Urruela, the Cushing catcher, let one of Bird's deliveries slip by him and Bailey crossed the plate with the second...
...over the proletariat. On the other hand it appears that Tarzan is also extremely popular in America-but comparisons are odious." Walter Duranty, The New York Times correspondent, explained the epidemic of Tarzanitis by stating that"the newly emancipated Russian nation represents the average cultural level of the American schoolboy between...
...schoolboy who has chewed his pencil top ragged trying to decide between an el and an ie will be the first to favor Mr. Blaneo's suggestion. But those who have emerged from that untutored age usually take a craftsman's delight in puzzling out the jumble of vowels and consonants that represent primitive grunts and groans. Even if by simplification English could become the world's language a vigorous cry must be raised against such a process...
...Coach Davidson's work all spring and yesterday he worked his men out on the Freshman diamond for the first time this year. The Middlesex team has lost most of last year's regulars but outdoor practice has been possible for some time and report has it that, the schoolboy outfit is nearly as strong as last year...