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...wealth, he was a mystery to many of his neighbors. Of late years he has spent his summer in the little town of Nunda, New York, where his simplicity of life was again remarkable. He lived in a little wooden house, his only companion being a trusted servant, and his principal food was produced in his own garden, which he and his servant managed together. It was known that he was possessed of a large fortune, and that it was his wish to endow Harvard, but the exact disposition of his property is not known. Mr. Greenleaf died...
Student (to servant at the door). - "Miss Brown?" Servant. - "She's engaged." Student. - "I know it. I'm what she's engaged to." - Spectator...
When a student enters a corps, all that he does is to pay his fee and buy his cap. When he pays his fee, however, he takes upon himself a great many tasks; he is obliged to be a regular servant of the other students who are higher in rank than himself, taking care that they are provided with the most comfortable chairs in a "Kneip," and other things of this kind, and, besides, he is obliged to fight duels. He has a certain time given him, I think from two to four months, in which to take lessons...
...would be brought to bear on the president to influence legislation corruptly, that continuity of legislation would be ensured and that a more progressive policy could be maintained by the executive. The disputants on the other side claimed that the legislative department was the chief and the executive, the servant, and that this measure would strengthen the latter at the expense of the former; that extreme measures would be enacted through the strong bias of the cabinet members, that their attention would be drawn from their official and more important work, and that the influence held by these men, under...
...third act: Cxsar, Cummings, D. S.; Brutus, Hansen. '85; Casca, Bowen, '85; Cassius, Goodale, '84; D. Brutus, Rogers, '86; Cimber, Foss, '85; Trebonius, Hamlin, '86; Popilius, Kelleher, '85; Servant, Greenman, '85; Chief Citizens, Boyden, Strauss, Bailey, and Dickerman...