Word: hired
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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This society will be a valuable one. The number of dogs owned here will increase largely, and though the watchman is dismissed we shall not miss his valuable services. Perhaps the College will then be able to hire somebody to light the gas in the entries. Why will not some one bestow a fund for this purpose? It is probable that the Union will establish a hospital. This will be a great comfort to tormented chums, who can see to it that their persecutors spend the most of their time there. It is to be hoped, also, that after...
...attained a celebrity equal to that which the students of Cambridge, England, have given to "Hobson's choice," and that is the word "Yankee." It was in circulation here about 1713. According to Dr. William Gordon, Farmer Jonathan Hastings was a man from whom the students used to hire horses. He would use the expression, "A Yankee good horse," to denote an excellent good horse. The students gave him the name of Yankee Jon. Yankee became a by-word to denote a silly, awkward person, and being carried from college was thus circulated through the country, and was at length...
...present indebtedness is $2,800; the tax is $78 per year. If the Corporation vote to receive the building, the cost of keeping it in repair and the tax will no longer be borne by the students. The intention of the University crew is to hire boats this year of Blakie, instead of purchasing them. There are several boats which the association will soon sell at auction. The money thus derived will be used in reducing the debt, or in defraying a part of the general expenses. The keys of the boat-house are now ready for members...