Word: brassing
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...almost in hand, but one cloud remains to darken the Seniors' horizon. What shall be done with the furniture which they have cared for and carved for four bright years? A second-hand dealer or a janitor can often be found who will condescend to remove mahogany desks and brass bedsteads with comparatively little expense to the owner. But aside from the fear that cherished heirlooms of college days may not receive the treatment to which they are accustomed is the knowledge that one's pocket-book has not profited by the transaction...
...only ones with weighty problems to solve. The Freshmen, fresh from their luxurious halls, must seek out new lodgings and even furnish them. To be sure, a second-hand dealer or a janitor can often be found who will agree to provide the desired mahogany desks and brass bedsteads. But the transaction is accompanied by the training of a well-filled purse...
...college education to practical purposes and solve at one and the same time the Seniors' problem, the Freshmen's problem, and the problem of the middleman. The Student Council should each year appoint a day on which Seniors and Freshmen should assemble in the Yard, whereupon mahogany desks and brass bedsteads might start upon another cycle to the mutual benefit of erstwhile and henceforth owners...
...rooms and studies in all the dormitories are typically colonial. The studies have broad windows with built-in window seats and the finish is white enamel in bedroom, study and bath room. All the doors are wide and white, with heavy brass handles and on the outside doors are hospital thumb-latches. The large general rooms have ample air space, and the bedrooms and studies are nine feet high...
...cheer leaders have given out a complete statement of the red handkerchief sale and the brass band expenses for the football season of 1913. Previous to the Princeton game, the amount of money collected at mass meetings and by the sale of Princeton excursion tickets was $465.22. The expenses, which consisted of bands at two mass meetings and at Princeton, amounted to $310.40, leaving a balance on hand of $154.82 after the Princeton game...