Word: gentlemen
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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INSTRUCTOR in Optics: "Yes, gentlemen, you may experience this curious phenomenon of seeing double by gazing fixedly at any object for a short time. I myself have frequently observed double lampposts." Class woods up. (Fact...
...short, those people who went to the sports in the hope of seeing Mr. Lee and Mr. Wendell run against each other, were disappointed, for, in point of fact, these gentlemen did not run against each other...
...Gentlemen," says he, respectfully removing his nightcap, "it gives me great pleasure; to address you; a minute ago I expected to point one of Talmage's sermons. I feel that the manner of my rescue is most unparalleled, perhaps improbable; but I had to be saved somehow, and I appeal to you whether it is not far more likely that a man would be saved by the Lacrosse Club than by our system of college patrols and unmanageable fire-ladders. Gentlemen, good night...
...told that there are no men at Boston University. We acknowledge that the Beacon has proved conclusively that there are both men and women at Boston University. We should not say, however, judging from the last number of the Beacon, that those men and women were also ladies and gentlemen. The poet of the Beacon invites his inamorata to a promenade on the campus, which is the Boston University name for the Common. By the way, is it not a little inconsistent for a paper which has such a holy aborrence of a lager-beer saloon as the Beacon...
...understand that several gentlemen contemplate a journey to New York to participate in the sports of the Columbia Athletic Club. We give them our best wishes for their success. Two events have been added since the programme was published, - a tug-of-war between picked teams from the crew of the steamer City of Chester, of the Inman Line, and a chase by the Columbia College Hare and Hounds Club in full uniform. The four-mile walk (go as you please) promises to be the great event of the occasion. The entries from Columbia have been very large...