Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...When pleased with themselves they rub their own hands; when pleased with others, they rub and shake the hands of others. Different degrees of pleasure are expressed by different manners of touching. When greatly pleased, they touch each other's lips. Once, I distinctly remember, I saw one American stretch out his left foot and knock it against the back of his friend, probably because he was very much satisfied with...
...shall be eligible." By the strict wording of this rule, a Scientific student is not eligible, as he certainly is not in the Academic department; there is, however, a difference of opinion as to whether or not an unmatriculated student is in the Academic department. To prevent some further stretch of this rule in some future year, we would suggest to the Advocate that the rule be rewritten so as to admit only a strict construction, and at the same time that it should allow both past members of a class who are now unmatriculated students and students...