Word: sneaks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...discourtesy to the instructor, - a discourtesy which does not come from gentlemen. Then in addition, a man who follows this method shows a lamentable lack of courage. If he wants to spend his hour away from a lecture, the way to do it is to cut, and not to sneak out after a roll-call. This sneaking is poor business, even for freshmen...
...Yale gymnasium authorities are having much trouble with sneak thieves...
...university has been brought to notice in a most disagreeable manner. The eighth volume of the Encyclopaedia Britannica containing the article on Ethics, was missing from the library for two or three days. Yesterday morning when the janitor opened the building, he found the book on the steps. The sneak who had taken it was not contented with merely preventing others from using it, but he went to the trouble of breaking the covers and tearing the binding...
...access to the private portions of the building during the hours of exercise. Not only are such persons, even if perfectly innocent, in the way, but in case they are bent on evil purposes, the chances of success are too great in a large building like the Hemmenway Gymnasium. Sneak thieves have too often plied their trade there, and all efforts by the authorities to rid the building of unknown persons will meet with the hearty approval of the students...
...SMITH. Capt.A pair to sneak thieves attempted to steal two overcoats from the gymnasium Monday night. They were first apprehended by the gymnasium boy. He saw them making off with the coats, and stopped them. "Alex" and Mellen came to his assistance, and the fellows were taken to the station house. They could not pay their fines of $35, and so were sent to the house of correction in East Cambridge for six months. Dr. Sargent thinks that these are the thieves that have been stealing from the gymnasium for some time...