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Little girl at first is timid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DONE ON BOTH SIDES. | 5/21/1880 | See Source »

...aitegraph cannot get out of order, unless it rust for want of constant use. The cut attachment will last a lifetime, and the register is warranted never to make mistakes nor wear out. Each petition will be original and convincing. The Freshman petition will be timid, uncertain, but innocent; the Sophomore, ingenious, but insincere; the Junior, reckless; the Senior, independent, but having a "matter-of-course" air. From a moral point of view the new device is unobjectionable, since no one will be responsible for the nature of his petition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PETITIONS MADE EASY. | 3/19/1880 | See Source »

When the innocent Soph. and the timid young Freshman

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAMENT OF THE PHI BETA KAPPA. | 3/5/1880 | See Source »

Sept. 29. - Formerly known as Bloody Monday, but remembered now only by timid Freshmen, primed with a course of "Fair Harvard," "Student Life," and "Hammersmith...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CALENDAR REVISED. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

...often trembled, but now that eye was firmly fixed on the North Star; in one hand he had a compass, in the other a cane. Behind, his arms fast locked about his leader's waist, sat another mathematical genius, one whose smooth boyish face has often caused the timid Freshman to wonder that "one small head could carry all he knew." Behind him, a large, comfortable-looking man; and last a dark-bearded, stem-looking man, whose looks belie his nature. And now they're off! Huzza! a brave start. With such science on board, they scarce can fail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COAST OF THE SEASON. | 2/21/1879 | See Source »

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