Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...money necessary for meeting these expenses. The programme - both songs and orchestral numbers - will be new; Memorial Hall is to be cleared for dancing after the concert. In this way an opportunity is afforded of uniting an evening's enjoyment with a much needed contribution for the Crew. Tickets may be obtained from Mr. Baylies, 24 Beck, and we would warn college men not to delay in securing their ticket, as the most desirable seats are very rapidly being taken...
Beyond these rules and customs, there is only one more thing which I would criticise, and that is the practice of printing the price of the blue tickets on them. It is n't pleasant, if you wish to send a ticket to a friend, to see the price you paid stamped on it; and the practice seems wholly unnecessary...
...FRESHMAN having, before the Holidays, laid in a store of Red Tickets for the winter, returning to College from his Admiring Family (conspicuous by reason of a brightly varnished Cane), disembarked at Dana Street. The conductor, however, pointing at him the Finger of Scorn, exclaimed: "That Man was probably ignorant that by the new Rule his Ticket would convey him to The Square, Ha! Ha!" The Freshman, overhearing the low-minded Fellow, determined to overtake the Car, but slipped on the Ice and, falling, broke his Cane. "Alas!" cried he, blushing at his Discomfiture, "had I but formerly bought White...
...perfect harmony of the meeting was, however, slightly marred by one matter, which we dislike to notice, yet cannot pass over in silence. In spite of the efforts of the Committee, certain members of the class apparently resolved to run a partial ticket of their own, and sought, by combinations, to secure its success. If this was so, and there seems to be conclusive evidence that it was, it deserves the severest reprehension. The fact that certain persons attempted, by extensive canvassing, to secure the election of their favorites, might in itself be undeserving of blame; but when the class...
...bundle, however small, for it looks as if you were trying to diminish your bill at Sawin's; never give your seat to any lady, for it's none of your business to see that other people are comfortable; and be as late as possible in getting your ticket out, as it shows consideration for the tired conductor to have it all ready for him; and, by the way, never speak to any classmate unless he rooms in Beck or Little's, otherwise you may be taken for a scrub...