Word: senior
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...once have such ideas," the Senior went on, just glancing at me, "but then, you know, Mrs. - , one outgrows such fancies by the end of his first or second year." Hereupon I collapsed, and remained silently listening to the following dialogue which sprang up, when the Senior continued...
...dining in Boston the other day. A Senior sat next to the lady of the house, and during the dinner she asked him how he felt at the prospect of his departure from Cambridge...
...those you know are exceptional cases," said the Senior. "X. is one of those quiet fellows who never does anything but study. He positively seems to like it; and it is all very well for him, because his father is rich enough to let him study as long as he likes, and to give him a good place afterwards. Now I don't care particularly about studying forever, and besides, my father has given me distinctly to understand that it is about time I began to make my own bread-and-butter...
...Senior was evidently getting into deep water, so he hastened to change the subject...
...came out in the horse-car, I thought over this conversation, and especially over the Senior's Parthian shot. I wondered whether I had a much higher purpose in view than he confessed to, and if not, whether I should ever become so blase in regard to college life. It puzzled me most, however, to find out whether "quite a respectable portion" of the class would really be rather glad than otherwise to take their sheep-skins and walk away. I am not sure of the answer yet, but am still wondering...