Word: handful
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...Dunton. Theme 1. All who have not received their themes will find them in the Dean's office. Theme 2. Subjects : "What great results are involved in the election of Mr. Garfield," "Early Marriages." Theme 1 must be returned with a correct copy, and Theme 2 must be handed in at Sever 3, on Thursday, December 2, at 3 o'clock. Members of Section 2 A will hand in their themes at 4 o'clock...
...Board of Directors of the Dining Association would confer a great benefit if they employed an extra man, who could receive the food for all the sick students at the beginning of the meal, and take it to them in turn, carrying the different baskets of food in a hand-cart. This man could probably be used in some other way between meals, so that his time need not be wasted; and at the same time students confined to their rooms could have their baskets made up before half the bill of fare was exhausted and every thing...
...more than this: I rose to the occasion, and cried, with a commanding gesture, "Go away, you horrid thing!" But the beast, misinterpreting my motives, with another terrible growl, sprang upon me and threw me to the ground. If I had not heard a voice near at hand at that very moment, I might have been devoured. It was a man's voice; and, so great was my presence of mind, even in these adverse circumstances, that I thought how decollete I must look, for the creature had sadly torn my garments and had split open one of my boots...
...noble self-abandon, his untutored emotion, overcame me. I could only gasp, "Don't squeeze my hand too hard, my gallant preserver. I am a simple, guileless maiden, and I cannot tell; but - papa wouldn't mind, I guess...
...before the end of his first year, then surely at the beginning of the second, he awakes to the knowledge that he is paying exorbitant prices. He looks around for a competitor to Mr. Sever. Finding none, he has recourse to those students who advertise books at second hand. He is fortunate if he finds what he wishes. By the beginning of his Junior year, at least, he experiments among the Boston bookstores. His eyes are then opened to the true inwardness of his large book account. Let me mention one instance as a specimen of his experiences...