Word: beverly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Beer was practically the only beverage used during the college's first century. Fifty-five undergraduates, consumed on the average of 270 barrels of beer a year. It was drunk at all meals as water was considered unwholesome. Breakfast known as "morning bever" consisted of beer and a chunk of bread. "Afternoon bever" preceded prayers at five o'clock in the afternoon...
...severe. Only two regular meals were served each day, "dinner" at 11 o'clock and "supper" at 7.30 o'clock. The menu included bread, meat, and beer, with hasty pudding, or oatmeal porridge with eggs for variety. Those who wished an extra snack or two could have "bever" or a pot of beer and hunk of bread, served immediately after morning prayers and again at 5 o'clock in the afternoon...