Word: suits
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Almon Brooks, the "well known physician of this city," as the Chicago correspondent to the N. Y. Times calls him, certainly exposes himself to the accusation of great folly, when he proposes to bring a "criminal suit for $50,000 against the professors in charge of the chemical laboratory at Harvard University for injuries received in the laboratory by his son." To undertake to make a crime out of an accident is certainly not wisdom. Dr. Brooks should remember that this experiment, in which his son was so unfortunate, has been tried for years by large classes without any serious...
...Harvard celebrated her two hundredth anniversary - will recall with a smile the fanciful summer garment of the students then in vogue, called the College Toga. For at least two seasons it was in high fashion with the undergraduates. It was made of gingham, of a color and pattern to suit the taste of the wearer. It was a loose-fitting garment reaching to the knees, was gathered at the neck, and also at the waist, behind. It had a turned-over collar, a small cape rounded in front, and a belt of the material of the dress. The sleeves were...
...same punishment as drunkenness or any of the other capital crimes. The narrator remembers a circumstance in connection with the rule which is worth repeating. One of his friends, a quiet and studious young man, not knowing the regulation, had provided himself before entering college with a Sunday suit of some dark material. He had not been long here before he was summoned before a member of the faculty and his attention called to edict of the Bible. Being in straitened circumstances and not able to pay for a new coat, he requested to use his other suit instead...
English VI. Oral discussion, opened by Messrs. Barton and Boyden. Should Secretary Garland resign on account of the Telephone Suit. Sever...
...WEDNESDAY.English VI. Oral Discussion. Opened by Messrs. Barton and Boyden. Should Secretary Garland resign on account of the Telephone Suit. Sever...