Word: governor
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Worse than that, worse than that," groaned Jack. "It's the first of the month, and my accounts are not begun yet; the governor came down on me last month, says he 's had enough of $5 charity, $5 sundries, &c., and that in future I must keep my accounts exact. O Al, if matches were made in heaven, accounts certainly were made somewhere else; say, you 're accustomed to manufacture something out of nothing on the Crimson, help me to manufacture $50 worth of accounts from nothing...
Recess from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2. - The Freshman swings his earliest cane and talks of "the men of '83." The Sophomore astonishes his governor with his knowledge of wines. The lady-killing Junior digs up the tomahawk and begins to count his scalps. And the Senior furtively tries on a beaver for Class...
...Eliot then alluded to the fact that when Colonel Sever was in college he was only saved from being "rusticated" by the interference of the President, and thus the Sever bequest was insured. He recommended the matter to President Eliot as a good result of easy discipline. Turning to Governor Rice, he said, "I shall enter upon no encomium to Massachusetts. Here she stands, and here she sits...
After a brief speech by Governor Rice, Lord Dufferin was presented, and was greeted with three hearty cheers. He closed as follows...
After a short speech by Governor Rice, Mr. George Bancroft was introduced, and after a few laudatory remarks upon his class ('17) he went...