Word: whisper
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...several years the student lives within the associations of the college; the very buildings are living voices of men long dead, the trees whisper of ancient memories, the atmosphere is full of history. And then, as in yonder Theatre he takes his degree, his eye catches the Latin legend above him and in reading those lines the last note of his college life is struck...
...game of football is not free from startlingly objectionable features. The moment that game is clouded by any whisper of bitter personal animosity or intentional violence, or unfairness, it degrades the game, those who play it and the crowds of spectators who give it their approval...
...death. Nothing, however, could be learned definitely as to his fate, and we were not forced to abandon the hope that he might yet prove to be alive. His mother was very ill, and it was earnestly desired that she might be spared the shock which any whisper of danger to her son would cause and which, perhaps, she could be spared altogether. The circumstances were laid before the Boston papers and, without exception, they consented to make no mention of the young man's name on the following morning. It was a subordination of business enterprise to humane sentiment...
...floors are of cement and slope down, making the play lively. These courts are a great addition and have but one fault, which, however, is a great one. The walls are so constructed that it is almost impossible for one man to hear another unless he talks in a whisper. Every noise seems lost in a great wave of the echo and sound...