Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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This afternoon at 4.30, M. Leonel Benedite will give the second of his series of lectures in the lecture room at the Fogg Museum. The subject today will be "Puvis de Chavannes." This lecture will be open to the public.
Then Stephen Leacock Esq. (not so much the purveyor of "Nonsense Novels" as the Professor of Political Economy), moved by the Ancient Dame's merry gesture, gave his "Canadian Ec.A." cuts for a month and thought audibly about "College Dormitories." To be sure, his tongue would persist almost suavely, in...
"If I were founding a university--and I say it with all the seriousness of which I am capable (just think of that!)--I would found first a smoking room; then when I had a little more money in hand I would found a dormitory; then after that, or more...
Fund Committees, hear! hear! We propose as the first incumbent of the Cozy Chair in the Department of Dormitories, Stephen Leacock Esq. (not so much the professor of Political Economy as the Purveyor of "Nonsense Novels.")
It is proof of exquisite editorial tact that C. J. Schern Jr. should be the next man to scratch his head and wonder "Why the Professor Leaves his Holly Wreaths in the Window until they Wither." It is proof of even more exquisite tact that Mr. Schern refrains from any...