Word: markings
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...gowns. I say that the plan will be successful, if only half of the class wear them; for those will be known to be Seniors and will be recognized as such. It will not make any difference to those who are so well known that they need no distinguishing mark, and those who are too much ashamed of their class or too indolent to take the trouble--little as it is--may well be left out of account. Those most interested in the class will welcome the chance to wear caps and gowns during the spring term...
...wear a cap and gown who is not ashamed of the class. On the contrary, the pride which most men have in the class, in spite of the letting down of the bars due to the elective system, should make every man proud to wear the togs that mark him as a member of the class. If we can make one large sympathetic unit out of the present mob calling themselves seniors, we can well afford to put up with the slight discomfort of light skirts flapping about our knees. A SENIOR...
...past week may be said to mark the real beginning of the concert season with the Musical Clubs. The new material developed at the trials has been worked over, and the make-up of the three clubs is now practically final for the present half-year...
...houses are now shut up for the winter. A number of carpenters are working at the new house to build a shed to cover the launches, which are drawn up on cradles along-side. The floats have been taken off and drawn up on the bank above high-water mark. Robinson, the new boat-builder, is now well started on a single, and when this is finished he will begin an eight-oar shell. He will not, however, have the time to build many new boats, as several of the old ones need repairing, and there is a good deal...
...grouping of the authors, the large relations of individuals to each other and to historical movements--for example, the relations of Whittier and Whitman to the Civil war--the geographical divisions, which one feels mark real divisions of throughout; the total impression of the American spirit which the book leaves with one, make it a very notable study of American life and letters...