Word: strained
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...such good-humor that they attempted with great success the singing of one of the odes to the tune of "Fair Harvard." Toasts were then proposed and drunk with all the honors, to the various college and class interests, to which the responses were, without exception, in the happiest strain. In fact, it was observed that the remarks of the speakers became eloquent and imaginative in the direct ratio of the flight of time. Songs were interspersed and sung with a precision and effectiveness presenting a marked contrast to the earlier efforts of the year. The conviviality was kept...
...over wooden benches, and the location of whose president, even, suggested nothing more dignified than a proctor eager in the pursuit after "cribs" at a Freshman examination in M. U. No, this truly was not an imposing spectacle; even the excellent singing, so pleasant as a relaxation after the strain of a debate, was insufficient to fill the vast recesses of the hall, and the little band of musical devotees in one corner was a truly touching sight. To cap the whole and leave no room for indecision, the President and Faculty concluded that cigar-stumps were too tempting...