Word: ate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...week is the Wooden Spoon Ceremony. This custom had its origin at one of the colleges at Cambridge University, England. Before 1865, it was usual to give a jackknife to the homeliest man in the class, a cane to the handsomest, and a wooden spoon to the man who ate the most. Shortly before this year the plan was abbreviated somewhat. The wooden spoon was given alone-not as hitherto to the man whose gastronomic powers were best developed-but to the most popular man in the class. The wooden spoon exhibition itself was always elaborately gotten up. The curtain...
...There were few rooms whose floors were covered with carpets. Their furniture consisted of a pine bed, a washstand and a few coarse chairs. Men had to rise for a 6 o'clock chapel, from which no cuts were allowed. They had to attend two recitations before they ate breakfast, consisting of folls and coffee. The mornings were spent at recitation till half-past twelve, when dinner was served, which Dr. Peabody describes as "a meal not deficient in quantity, but by no means appetizing to those who had come from neat homes and well-ordered tables." Supper came...
...lower floor of the building where they were served with coffee and cake. They eyed the coffee a while and then drank it because it was hot and they were cold. It was rumored that the cake was made by the fair collegians and so the men ate it out of courtesy. Some of them were missing Tuesday. They were probably whiling away the lonely hours in the seclusion of their rooms, debating whether life is worth living. It does not always pay to be courteous. Revived by these refreshments, the men passed the remaining time till eight o'clock...
...Leavitt will be handicapped one foot, the shot and high jump will be scratch events. Since the object of these contests is to raise the standard of our work in the events, high enough to win in the Mott Haven games, all men who have even moder ate ability in either of these events are earnestly requested to enter the contests. If we are to win the cup this year, every man who can possibly help has got to take hold and work for the success of the team. If those men who have the ability will enter these contests...
...Boston Latin School class of '85 ate its third annual dinner last evening at Young's. Twenty members were present. S. R. Dunham presided. These officers were elected: President, F. E. Parker; vice-president, F. F. Cutler; secretary and treasurer, W. H. Thayer; poet, E. L. Brown; toast-master...