Word: set
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...before entering the class room. In some of the nine o'clock recitations, the classes rarely get settled down to work until a quarter of an hour after the proper time. This negligence could be overlooked if it were exceptional, but once the example of coming in late is set, it is soon found to be contagious. Common courtesy both to the instructor and student demands promptness at all recitations, and if a man cannot be fairly promp, let him stay away. It is galling to the instructor to see men troop in one by one after the lecture...
...being fully prepared beforehand for any accident of that kind. The fire was not due to the carelessness of anybody, but originated from a hot coal falling out of the grate upon the carpeted floor. This is the third time within the past ten years that Stoughton has been set on fire from the same cause. Had the fire remained much longer undiscovered, the damage done would have been infinitely greater and probably the occupants of all the rooms in that building would have been burned out. No one can be too careful with regard to making coal fires...
...have a suggestion to make to the senior class. It has always been the custom for the seniors to hold a class dinner just after Thanksgiving. Would it not be well for the dinner committee to set the date for the dinner now, so that the rest of the class can regulate their engagements accordingly? Besides, if a blue-book were placed at Leavitt's or Bartlett's immediately, the committee would know how many to provide for and would not have to rush about at the last minute to find out who intends to be present and who does...
...article in the North American Review of this month entitled "The Fast Set at Harvard," is only the first of a number of articles intended to set before the faculty of the University a true statement of the inner life of Harvard's undergraduates. The author is working for the best interests of that institution...
...writer of the article in the North American, who has not the courage to sign his name says that the "fast set" is the most noticeable here. On the contrary this set is small in numbers and despised by the other sets. The proportion is not one in twenty-it is perhaps one in forty. The faculty are not too lenient, but are frequently unduly severe, and they do not hesitate to inflict suspension or expulsion as the occasion requires...