Word: carpeteers
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...union there is strength, the social muscles of the University are developing finely. A number of new societies have been announced recently, and now two more are on the carpet. (The English Club has forsworn all foreign tongues...
...fight settled the ownership of valuable articles of clothing. The next year we dwelt in greater security, but last year the losses were severe and numerous; watches were stolen from the Gymnasium and from the Boat-house, and clothing from a good many rooms. This year, too, a valuable carpet has been stolen from a room in Matthews, and many other losses are reported. For the conviction of this particular carpet-thief the College, by means of conspicuous posters, offers a reward of $25; we sincerely hope that some well-deserving fellow will improve this opportunity of turning twenty-five...
...table which Montairon Von Aaron, the now popular Sophomore, occupied last year; smiles as sweetly, shakes as many hands, pays the same delicate attention to influential upper-class men, and, in general, follows the lead of his successful predecessor. No sooner has Tobias Nightoil become possessed of the threadbare carpet and scanty furniture whilom the property of Bartholomew Bat, than the mantle of that man of marks descends upon him; he secludes himself in his room, sometimes to emerge and rush frantically to recitation, returning at the same tremendous pace at its conclusion; he knows only one or two congenial...
...snatched it from the carpet...
...bottom of it all, though I shall always maintain that they were very strong. To tell the truth, the Goody did say something the next morning about "thim nasty empty bottles" - "nasty" to her, I fear, because they were empty - and the broken glass trodden into the carpet. And as I think the matter over, I remember that Jones said something about its not being right to allow somebody to go to bed alone; that somebody chased Jones around the room, and finally threw a boot at his head as he disappeared through the door. All this is a little...