Word: works
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...work is light; the Cambridge air, I think, agrees with...
...those who show a special interest in study; these being determined by their rank either in all studies or in some department. This scheme, while free from such objections as Dr. McCosh's, would also offer a powerful inducement to men in the early part of their course to work hard. To us, however, it appears to have several faults...
Upon comparing this valuable work with the Circular of Cambridge, England, no one will fail to be struck with this bold stride toward the English University System. Men of expensive habits may procure a fine library-edition of this compendious volume at the bookstore...
...words, the derivation, meaning, and correct application of which are often distorted; one year they may express one thing, and the next fall into disuse. The word which forms the caption of this article, since it is turned from its usual signification, is illustrative of what we mean. The work entitled "College Words and Customs" contains no definition of it; we infer, from the fact that this book was published some score of years ago, that the word is of comparatively recent origin. It is, however, only a name for certain customs which have always been prevalent in college life...
...attitudes, - now clinging or "wopsing" about a cross, and now simply "gawking" at vacuity, - may not at first quite sympathize with these admirable fac-similes. The above-mentioned females, currently called Faith, Charity, Hope, or Liberty, often have a surface prettiness that must not be sought in a real work of art. Rembrandt and Durer never made pretty pictures, any more than Shakespeare wrote "nice" poetry...