Word: weatherly
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...certain individuals might better display their originality. Hence the student body now faces not alone examinations which prove to the office that he has in a measure heeded the discourse and developed the hints of his instructor but those which show just how well he is able in torrid weather and with a mind fatigued from the monotony and length of the college year to do mental tricks for the edification of his faculty Examinations in English literature, for instance, are so arranged that the professor can eventually stand before some conference of wits and say. "I asked so many...
...admittedly only slightly) warmer climes. But there’s another factor, too, which makes capris and ice cream season seem even farther away. And that’s the fact that in any community saturated in the very particular and somewhat contrary demands of the academic calendar, warmer weather means winding down. In other words, it’s time for wrapping things up even as we’re still wrapped in layers of winter accoutrements. Even the most dedicated, head-in-the-clouds Romantic poet would be hard-pressed to discern a Wordsworthian recital of a thousand...
...through the streets any weekend night in late April and May, emerging suddenly from a long hibernation in their overheated cocoon-like dorm rooms to make last-ditch contact with friends who will disperse all over the globe for the summer break. It’s not just the weather bringing us out of the insulation and into the sun; it’s the sense that this is all nearly over, and months devoid of the curious comforts of college-time scheduling lie ahead. This need to make contact before departure is all the more acute on consideration...
...makes for an explosive mix, and the unpredictable weather probably doesn’t help matters. Circumstances are stacked against us and there’s not much to be done to stop the rapid rate of change. When it comes to spring fever, maybe you’ve just got to play it out and let it burn, baby, burn...
...already had its vacation and is back in session. Even a school like Princeton, with an academic calendar similar to Harvard’s, holds its vacation earlier. There’s no real practical reason for having spring break so late. Hotels and airfare cost the same; the weather is not improved...