Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...SMOKING."Do you smoke...
...when he had the fortune to be his pupil. He tells of his first impressions of Mr. Lowell, his peculiar manner of conducting his courses, the influence of his wonderful personality upon all the men with whom he came in contact, the charm of his evening receptions, - or rather "smoke-talks" at Elmwood, and the human friendliness which characterized all of his relations with undergraduates. The reminiscence has a simplicity about it which renders it thoroughly enjoyable...
...smoke talk of the Hasty Pudding last night, L. McK. Garrison read the second half of the history of the club...
...side be looked at. The college should keep in view that nine men can not win a Yale game; but nine hundred and nine can. If the nine plays a spiritless game, as has been alleged, it doesn't make matters better to sit up in your room and smoke and growl. If the college shows spirit the nine can't help but do so. One would think the whole college was trying for the glee club, the way men save their voices. I have frequently seen more enthusiasm at a funeral...
...most charming part of the paper is that where Mr. Dana gives us a picture of the exquisite courtesy and politeness of a certain Chinese gentleman named U-u. This U-u showed a characteristic bit of Chinese courtesy-which might be recommended to Harvard men-when, declining to smoke more than one or two puffs of a cigar given him by a friend or to take more than one or two sips of wine, he said, not that they were too strong for him, but that he was not strong enough for them...