Word: whose
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Next came a dashing fellow whose chin was elevated, and whose mouth was moulded in an habitual sneering smile. This was a Wit and a Critic. "Bold knight of the quill," said he, "take my advice: make your paper caustic and spicy; make fun of the literary men, the athletes, the bummers, the professors, and the college papers. Make fun of college life. Sneer at it, my boy, and your paper will go. Here is a light article on 'Lies in Literary Life, or a Factitious Faculty,' and a few good things for the Brevity Column...
...that Mr. Hammond was elected by a majority of the votes cast. I agree with him. Mr. Hammond was elected by a majority, but two of the votes cast were illegal. Mr. Crawford says that but one vote was challenged, but the truth is that two were challenged, whose names could be furnished if it were necessary. Mr. Crawford thinks that I referred to him. He is mistaken. He must surely know the two I did refer to. When Mr. Crawford says that one of those challenged was an excellent oar, he proves that his opinion is not "worth contradiction...
...fail to see to whom the writer of the letter refers. If he were thoroughly sure of his ground, he would come out frankly and sign his name to his letter, and not attempt to throw the responsibility of it upon the whole class of '83, many of whose members have criticised it very severely...
These callow Freshmen, on whose chin...
...hundred yards dash, there were four entries: Messrs. W. W. Kent, '82; E. J. Wendell, '82; C. Stetson, '81; and J. B. Field, '80. Stetson started best, and held Wendell for fifteen or twenty yards, when he was passed by Wendell, whose time was 10 3/4 s. Stetson and Field were nearly even for second and third places...