Word: towns
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...used the College Seal on all his advertisements. We have strong doubts whether he does so by permission of the Faculty; as even the respectable Advocate's request to be allowed its use was refused. But Mr. King is not the only offender, for an enterprising restaurateur in town has sent invitations to all the undergraduates, which read somewhat in this fashion : "Christo et Ecclesiae. Serve Mr. -, and give him a discount of fifteen per cent...
...their quarters, which are four miles from New London, and on the opposite bank of the river, very near the start. A boat-house has been built for them in a little cove just before their quarters, and they will row their boat up to it from the town the day of their arrival. The Yale quarters are a mile farther up the river, at Gale's Ferry...
...some interesting experiments. We had a very pleasant time, and I was gaining great renown as a chemist, when I discovered that the sulphuric-acid bottle was empty, and that before I went any further I must have it filled. I left Nell in my room, and hastened down town to an apothecary shop. I had to carry back not only the acid, but also a large bundle, so I carelessly thrust the bottle, lightly corked, into my pocket...
...Thursday the elective in English 5 tried an experiment in the shape of a debate. The subject chosen (the question whether women who pay taxes on property should be allowed to vote for city, town, and municipal officers) was practical in its nature, and considerable interest was taken in the debate. The question, too, had been well studied by the debaters. The experiment is the result of a desire, on the part of those who regulate the instruction given in college, to develop among the students an ability "to think on their legs," and in this way to become fitted...
Such a one was Jeremiah Smith. He was born the 6th of April, 1841, in the little town of West Hampton, Vt. His father, a farmer, died soon after, leaving his mother, a woman of a keen, though uneducated mind, and his grandfather, a relic of Revolutionary days, as guardians of Jeremiah's early years. History is almost silent about his childhood. We know that he early developed a taste for letters. He learned his alphabet at the age of two, and literally devoured his picture-books...