Word: strained
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...head of the table, and was introduced as the presiding officer of the evening by Mr. Godfrey Morse, '69. Mr. Chaney greeted the members in a pleasant, genial way, and mentioned various happy incidents connected with the College and Club. He was followed by other graduates in a similar strain. Some account of the present state of the Club and of the prominent College interests was given by the undergraduates, and a cordial invitation was extended to all graduate members to attend the regular fortnightly meetings of the Club. The evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all, and a committee...
...gentler sex is, according to the OEstrus, "an acknowledged superior element in the college." The OEstrus is apparently conscious of its own defects, as the following observation shows : "This acquisition will tend to add dignity and tone to the paper, and prevent it from possibly falling into that low strain which we have seen in some issues of our contemporaries...
...when finally the word "go" was given, at about half past five, the press boat, as many a knight of the quill has already piteously told his readers, was half a mile up the river. Columbia started at 39 and Harvard at 35 strokes a minute, the former straining for the lead, and the latter doing steady, strong work. At first Columbia obtained a slight advantage and led by three yards at the railroad bridge; but when the lower bridge was reached, Harvard's slow and steady work had brought her a foot or two ahead, and now this lead...
...rugged path of the poor but promising student, so that that part of his energy which would otherwise be spent in overcoming the difficulties of the journey to Parnassus may be devoted to intellectual effort; and, up to a certain point, everything which relieves the mind of the strain of over-exertion and makes life cheerful is so much help to the hard worker. Shut off from society, compelled to pass four years of exhausting, unremitting labor in dingy dormitories and uncomfortable recitation-rooms, the poor student, who depends solely on his own high rank for his daily bread...
Learn truer wit, thy rich wines strain...