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...existence. Such being the case, Mr. Seaver can not, with decency, dub "Pharisee" and "hypocrite" those who are anxious to place the means of happiness within reach of all; and this suggestion most certainly should not be greeted by the working youth with "an uncultured guffaw or a contentious snort according to the condition of his uneducated liver", whether it comes from Mr. Seaver's "fine gentlemen" of Harvard, or from Arthur Pound in the "Atlantic." NORMAN H. PARSONS...
There is that in your editorial "The Iron Man" which smacks of the hypocrite, the pharisee who always knows what is best for his brother. There is that which might well solicit from the working youth an uncultured guffaw or a contemptuous snort according to the condition of his uneducated liver...
...music, which was furnished by Gott's orchestra, began at 8.30 o'clock, and the dancing commenced at 9 o'clock and continued until after 4. There were twenty dances, each with one snort encore; and also several extras. A buffet supper was served in the Dining Room between 12 and 1 o'clock, after the thirteenth dance...
...apprehension of being dropped. All the monitors with whom I have came in contact have been very gentlemanly and considerate. I don't see why a proctor should not read the books if he chooses, and if he finds something amusing why he should not smile or even "snort and chuckle" if he likes. I am sure I would do so if I were in his place. It seems to me the individual who wrote the attack yesterday morning showed only his own disagreeable feeling toward monitors and not those of the majority of the men in college, and certainly...
...then, after this process has gone on ten or a dozen years, you suddenly remove all restraints and say, 'It is a very difficult thing to lay out a course of study properly, so use all wisdom, and Heaven bless you, my dear.'" Here my aunt gave an explosive snort of indignation. "What wonder," she continued, "that half the number wish to enjoy their sudden freedom, and rush for what you call soft electives, while the rest wander helplessly about choosing subjects for which they are not fitted, and giving them up in disgust for something else just as unsuitable...