Word: towns
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Along the silent town's deserted street...
...many of the students understand the possibilities of enjoyment afforded by a Saturday afternoon in town? Don't be frightened by the conundrum, or astonished at the seeming absurdity of the supposition that Harvard students can be ignorant in such a particular. I am serious, and honestly think that to the majority Saturday afternoons are a bore, or at least are not made the most of. Unless the theatre or opera is attractive, not one man in ten knows what to do with himself. Billiards, and a dinner at Parker's or Maison Doree; is the unsatisfactory result...
...accustomed thunder of boyish eloquence? or are some youthful aspirants to throw at each other their views on the theory of government or the evolution of self-consciousness? An association for this purpose has lately been formed by colleges in the West, and meets very soon at a town in Ohio. We have no reason to wish the Association anything but success in their enterprise, nor have we any regrets for the position we have taken...
There's lots of nice fellows in town, too, and some of 'em awfully "squee...
Before becoming instructor in a school, one is usually obliged to procure what is called a certificate of capacity. Two or three times a year a commission appointed by the academical council is convened in the principal town of a department, for the purpose of examining candidates and conferring this certificate. When an individual has obtained it, he can be appointed to any vacant post; but it is the government that appoints him. The communes have no voice in the selection of the men to whom their children are intrusted. They have only to provide his salary, furnish a suitable...