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...waiters why the bell rang when dinner was not ready. He smiles insolently and replies, "That was the first bell, sir; dinner-bell will ring in half an hour." I go up on deck again, and reflect upon the stupidity of the lower classes, especially waiters. The bona-fite dinner-bell rings at four. Splendid dinner. I eat two plates of soup, three pieces of roast-beef, two of mutton, three or four pieces of pudding, a couple of oranges, besides, of course, nuts and raisins. Am disgusted with a man opposite me who helps himself twice to everything...
...called the legislative period of our boating system is drawing to a close, and hereafter we shall have but to chronicle its practical workings. The past week has seen the completion of a new boat-house, with bridge, float, and necessary appurtenances. The new house joins the old. The lower story is spacious enough to accommodate all the club boats, and each club has a range of rests for itself. The upper story will eventually be partitioned for dressing-rooms. And now the crews are commencing work which will decide whether the handkerchiefs at the front shall be light blue...
...hospital is going up on the foot-ball field,. the lower end of which has been filled in and graded...
...social relations of College it has been a distinguished class, and the many relations of friendship which exist between its members and those of lower classes will be the least easily broken ties which unite them to us that remain...
...absolutely incapacitated from attendance on examination on account of severe sickness, is based on the experience of the last five years, that but one Senior has, during that time, been absent from his annuals. It is inferred that valid reasons for absence cannot be more numerous in the lower classes...