Word: thinge
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...piece that he can eat. If everything was well cooked and nicely prepared, there would be nothing sent back to the screen. Now, every man in the hall orders the whole bill of fare and sends back everything two or three times until he gets some one thing that satisfies him. Let everything be well cooked, and the expenses will be much lessened. The steward does not seem to have learned yet how much it takes to supply the hall. The other evening at dinner asparagus was on the bill of fare. Any man who came at half-past...
There is considerable agitation at the University of Pennsylvania in regard to the extensive cribbing during examinations. The last Magazine remarks, with every indication of a great intellect, that espionage during examinations is undoubtedly a bad thing in itself, but seems to be the effect and not the cause of this cheating...
...news, one weekly to represent the literary element, and the Lampoon, excellent in its line, Harvard will be as well, if not better, represented in the journalistic field than any college in the country. The Crimson is certainly to be congratulated upon its undertaking, for if there is any thing which shows life and ability, especially in journalism, it is the attempt to push into new fields, even at the risk of attacking others...
...every chance to get well acquainted with this, the last of his college songs. A large number of men each year go to the tree without having the least knowledge of the song, and attempt to hum it over with the crowd at the last moment. This is a thing that should never occur. There will be little or no excuse this year for a man not knowing any thing about the song, as there will be plenty of opportunities between now and Friday for learning. It takes but a short time and but little trouble to step into Boylston...
...themselves to be in the least frightened or disheartened. The work required to master the subject for the examination can readily be accomplished by an hour's reading each day during the three months' vacation. The examination assigned is not as difficult as is threatened, and as a general thing candidates for anticipation obtain better marks than those who take the course regularly, and upon whom are inflicted ever-recurring hour examinations...