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A tablet might be designed of some suitable material, large enough for a man's name and the date of his class and death, perhaps, to be fastened on the wall, with a shelf below for the standard biography. The whole affair, books and all, need not cost more than...
But we are not alone concerned with those additional comforts and decorations which might be obtained; there is at present positive discomfort, and there are many little annoyances that break up our time, and prevent a man from devoting his whole energies to his work. Such annoyances must be slight...
This I know to be a fact; for, during the first term, our entry was given up to the tender mercies of a woman who had been in Thayer last year, and who now has been removed to Matthews, while we, alas! ponder over the resemblance of her successor to...
But, seriously, all that is possible should be done to render our rooms agreeable. There should be two goodies to share the work, - one to make the beds and do what most requires neatness, while the other should carry out the ashes, etc.; and the number of superintendents should be...
But our dearest dreams are often blighted, as my experience will show.