Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...class must be distinctly stamped on his shoes, which are to be of some light kind of leather. The janitor of each building, if he is requested in a pleasant tone of voice, may clean these shoes, but not oftener than once a week, for the sum of twenty-five cents...
...awake nights with excitement, but are, nevertheless, very entertaining, being (for the most part) quiet rural tales, written in an easy, "chatty" fashion, the pages of which contain many a charming glimpse of home-life. Indeed, the authoress possesses a remarkable faculty of sketching upon the page the pleasant characteristics of New England life, and the stories are the more interesting for the degree to which they appeal to one's own experience. In point of literary workmanship, the tales vary to some extent. The second is one of really weird pathos, and so placed as to gain in power...
...should be willing to make almost any sacrifice. It should be a matter of pride with every class to hand down to its successors our old University customs. We recommend to the Seniors the course adopted last year in the machinery of the election, and we wish them as pleasant a Class Day as that which fell...
Whence this message deep and pleasant...
...consequence the appointments would be less complete. But, while the work of fitting up the new building is going on, why cannot we have access to the old one? Many students, who do not row or kick football, rely upon gymnastics for their exercise; and when the pleasant weather is over, many others will seek the gymnasium, if its "attractions" are held out to them. It would be greatly for the convenience of all such men, if the old gymnasium might be opened. By this means extra time could be given to fitting up the new building, and suitable accommodations...