Word: west
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Amherst.- For the benefit of candidates for admission living in the West, Examination Boards are to be appointed in Cincinnati and Chicago...
...down in the crimson west...
Coming fresh from the untutored wilds of the West, South, or that geographically uncertain and ever-receding location which goes under the non-committal name of "Down East," a slight touch of indigenous brogue in a Freshman is excusable - for three months or so. A generous critic might allow him a year to wear off such gaucherie. But how can the new-comer fail at once to notice the wide discrepancy between his pronunciation and that of educated people, if, of course, he be of ordinary intelligence? His only safe course is to turn to his Worcester and abide...
...persons, Freshmen especially, who live within the limits of Holyoke Club are requested to try for the spring crews. Holyoke Club comprises Holyoke House, Dolton's and Little's Blocks, and from the west side of Holyoke Street to the south side of Mt. Auburn Street...
...could not live a good life there if he wanted to; and there never was a place where manners were so horribly bad that a man who chose to be well-bred could-not succeed. I have seen one or two very well-behaved people from the far West...