Word: mannerizes
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...every way within our power. We regret that our efforts have not been better appreciated, or received more in the spirit in which as we consider, they should have been We now retire because we do not wish to be any obstacle to your conducting your affairs in whatever manner you may think best, and also because we believe that our future continuance in office would be distasteful to a large majority of your number...
...ground to the side so carrying it back, by greater freedom in passing. This method would evidently increase the opportunities for scientific kicking, running and passing, and on the other hand would greatly diminish the chances for blocking and the display of weight and brute strength. Again, the present manner of disqualification is practically a premium on violating the rule, as it permits a player to be offside twice with impunity. To obviate this a single violation should disqualify the offender...
...cannot but feel the immense opportunity open to the society of reducing the exorbitant prices demanded by many of the tradesmen with whom the students most naturally deal. The society has proved itself to be of great use, and meets the requirements of the students in a praiseworthy manner, but nothing is so keenly felt by the student in the matter of books as their absence, and we cannot rest assured but that the recent delays in the delivery of ordered goods can in the future be removed...
...whose examinations come in such a way as to compel them to do some studying during the recess, would do all their work in the first few days and then rest entirely, they would be much more benefited than if they worked in a desultory manner all the time. They would probably accomplish more, and would certainly come back to their work at the beginning of the term feeling much more refreshed. The man who has kept up his courses in a conscientious manner during the term, is in need of rest, and every day's application to his studies...
Webster went through college in a manner that was highly gratifying to his friends, but did not receive the Valedictory. After the commencement exercises he asked his classmates to accompany him to the green behind the college, where, in their presence, he deliberately tore up his diploma and threw it to the winds exclaiming: "My industry may make me a great man, but this miserable parchment cannot;" and immediately mounting his horse, departed for home...