Word: confessing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...quick and forcible expulsion of words from the mouth probably gave rise to this word, which so aptly expresses what it is intended to by sound merely. At some colleges a person of a religious turn of mind is variously denominated "evangelical," "long-ear," and "donkey." I confess myself as ignorant of the similarity which exists between these terms and that which they define as any from the ranks of the might be. While at Harvard "one of the b'hoys" means a jolly good fellow, the same thing is elsewhere denoted by "brick," "seed," and "varmint"; the latter word...
...this theatre last week entitled "The New Magdalen." It is a dramatization by Wilkie Collins of his novel bearing the same name, but differs essentially from the novel in its conclusion, and was written expressly for Miss Leclercq. The plot is interesting and exciting throughout, although we must confess it weakens perceptibly during the long speeches, moral and sentimental, of the unclerical parson Vivian Gray. The character of Mercy Merrick gives Miss Leclercq an opportunity to display her magnificent dramatic powers. Her story is that of a young woman making every effort against the prejudices of society to regain...
...idea that he can play the piano, were he my bosom friend? No; I could, in that case, call upon this fellow and gently remonstrate with him, and he, of course, would immediately desist. But now, even if I had the courage to expostulate with my neighbors, which I confess I have not, I should probably meet with discourtesy and contempt. Now I am not particularly troubled because the man next door keeps a very large dog. If he enjoys it, and the raw meat is not too expensive, I am not concerned. But when that dog bowls in loud...
...cannot be surprised at any construction that can be placed upon the loosely worded rule made at the late Boating Convention, but we confess to a hearty surprise at a bit of information in the Courant. It seems that a consolidated nine is to be picked from the Scientific and Academic Freshmen to play our Freshman nine in the match which is soon to take place. We fail to see what right Yale has to do this. All previous Freshman matches have been between the two Academic departments, and there has been no other arrangement made for this year...
...regret that we are so small, and must acknowledge that if we were cross, we ought to be whipped; but at the same time, in order not to have those dreadful epithets "little" and "cross" applied to us by a paper no larger than our own, we will confess that the Chronicle is the best example of Western College journalism we have seen. But we must insist on our old opinion that the tone of that journalism is very...