Word: short
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...This one was a Bummer, and spoke as follows: "Old man, I admire your pluck. If you'll only pitch into the Faculty heavy, we'll all buy your paper. You see, the Advocate and Crimson haven't got backbone enough. You just publish these complaints about janitors and short vacations, and these suggestions about a lower grade of degrees and abolishing prayers, and I tell you what, the fellows will back...
...flames. The firemen paid little attention to the furniture, throwing it from the windows, regardless of consequences. Luckily a number of students joined in the work, and succeeded, by lowering the heavy articles with ropes and carpets, in saving most of them from damage by water. In a short time the whole south entry was flooded, the water, several inches deep, covering the floors of the upper rooms, and leaking down through holes in the ceiling. At about noon the fire was under control, but was not entirely out until an hour later. A large part of the south roof...
...some unusually good verse; but the Nassau Lit. is the best of the monthlies, with an excellent article on Goldsmith, a well-written, though rather sensational story, a very good critical article on Shakspere's two methods of suggesting time, as shown in Othello, and several short pieces on different subjects. The editors think we ought to have some new college songs, in which desire every one will agree with them who has the misfortune to room next to a Freshman who thinks "Naughty Clara" is the latest thing...
...hero where his hair was short...
...however faithfully he has done his work for recitations, likes to go into a three-hour examination without making some review of the subject; nor, we think, does any man wish to study during the extremely short winter-vacation which is allowed us. But the new arrangement, which makes the Semi-annuals begin on the 21st of January instead of on the 6th or 7th of February, forces us to do one of these two things. Either reviewing must be done before we go home, and left to lie fallow in the holidays, or we must attempt to go over...