Word: thus
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...ought never to play billiards or cards, or drink anything stronger than H2O, enlivened by a little soda-water, alleging that nothing is more detrimental to orthodox principles than having the mind occupied on the Sabbath. So they close the library and close the cafes and close the shops, thus obliging you to seek refuge in some church - or apothecary's (I generally choose the apothecary...
Considering the length of time which it has taken to prepare these rules, we had a right to expect a perfect set; yet several small points indicate a lack of care in adapting them to our uses. Thus in fencing a 34-inch flat-bladed foil is required, though it is stated on good authority that there is hardly a foil of that description in the State. Rule 4 for vaulting refers to vaulting from a mat, a custom which is never practised here...
...scarcely thought that the Williams men would thus boldly acknowledge their summer avocations. Boating seems to be in a bad way at Williams. "The boat-house and contents have been attached for rent. The boats, both those belonging to the association and those owned by private individuals, are open to the pure air of heaven and the stones and clubs of every vagrant tramp...
...yours does, I could manage that no one should get through in my courses without being present all the time; but, alas! Harvard civilization has not yet advanced as far as -. However, I give my men 41 per cent (the standard is the same as at Harvard), and thus, though they escape a condition, many lose their degrees through low averages. This, of course, is a great satisfaction...
...Senior class, 59 are excused from prayers; out of 174 Juniors, 66 are excused; out of 218 Sophomores, 87 are excused; out of 227 Freshmen, 75 are excused. Thus, out of 719 men in the four classes, 287, or nearly three sevenths, are excused from prayers. The Sophomores have the largest proportion excused, the Juniors come next, the Freshmen next, and the Seniors last...