Word: tears
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...leather pads, and thick glasses before the eyes, so that the only place where they are cut is on the face. The students are very proud of these cuts, and in case they see that a scar will not be very noticeable, it is often a fact that they tear it open and pour wine into it. After a student has fought a certain fixed number of duels (some ten or twelve), he receives a band of ribbon, which he wears across his breast, under his coat; upon receipt of his first band he is free from all fighting, unless...
...fact that a critical theme, requiring in its preparation far more time than the descriptive one so strongly advocated, is therefore less desirable to some students, I think that the writer's conception of the office of criticism is utterly erroneous. Critical ability is not merely the ability to "tear down an artistic piece of work;" it is the ability to see what is good and true and lasting in it. Undoubtedly, fault-finding will to some extent attend this process, but the first and best function of criticism is to recognize merits not defects. It surely cannot be denied...
After spending a delightful afternoon,- for callers, and especially Harvard callers, are not received in the evening-the visitor must tear himself away, thanking the Lasell authorities for their kind care over him in so cautiously seeing that he is far away before the damp chilly evening air has set in. He leaves Auburndale and goes happily home, rejoicing in his opportunity, and saying, "Long live Lasell...
...plan of paying for the daily use of courts is also a good one. When we get the courts we shall want to keep them and not have them used up after the wear and tear of a season. The expense of keeping them in order and making them will be slight. The association should endeavor to keep the fees as small as possible; but even with the rates named in their announcement a man can play an average of two or three afternoons a week throughout the long season at an expense of two or three dollars...
...athletic organizations. We look at the noble buildings of this great college, hunt up the president-faculty-janitor, and get him to show us about and let us into the new chapel-and Tufts may well boast of having the prettiest chapel for miles around. However, we have to tear ourselves away at last from the great Tufts, and are soon descending the hill. As we return, if we keep our eves open, we will see what we were sure to miss before, the old white powder-house, built of brick, and having the shape of a large loaded cartridge...