This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...they ran out too near Christmas time. It is pretty hard to please in this matter of the examination schedule--in fact, nobody tries to be pleased with anything pertaining to final exes. They are a nuisance, and that settles it. Oh, for the good old days when you could get excused from the final exes with a one ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...they ran out too near Christmas time. It is pretty hard to please in this matter of the examination schedule--in fact, nobody tries to be pleased with anything pertaining to final exes. They are a nuisance, and that settles it. Oh, for the good old days when you could get excused from the final exes with a one! "Hullo, Jim, how do you make out?" queries Percy, as he approaches, schedule in hand. " Pretty well, considering. I've got five in the first eight days, and that will let me out a week before Christmas. How is it with you? " "Not so well. Here I've got one in math the first rattle out of the box, and then they' re strung along, until on the very last day I've one in chemistry lab, and that's two days after the team's supposed to leave for our Christmas game in Portland." ' Well, you can get that set forward, all right. So you've decided to go north over the holidays on the football junket?" " Yes. It won't cost me a cent, and I find that my funds will hold out until next May. So I might as well see the country. Have you settled that you won't go, Jim? " "Yes, this time it holds. Dick has said it's all right, It'll be a good thing to give the sub a chance after his hard work. I must earn a little money. If it hadn't been for that baggage smashing that I did Saturdays for the students' express I would have had to borrow on my expectations, like the fellow in ' The School for Scandal.' As it is, I've barely got the price of a car ride. I must put in a month's hard work and get something ahead--and there are those two Latin conditions." " Oh me, oh my, but you've got troubles, Jim. Here comes Cub, looking happy. Got a doctor's certificate, George, that you're too feeble to take the exes? " " No, but if I'd made the schedule out myself it...
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Add this copy of For the Blue and Gold a Tale of Life at the University to cart. $35.00, good condition, Sold by Jerry Shepard rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Rafael, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1901 by A M Robertson.
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Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Blue boards with gilt design and titling. Illustrated with thirteen (13) vintage photographs. Frontispiece is green-tint photograph "Down below, the grand old oaks spread their gnarled limbs". Non-circulating Reference Ex-lib. collection. Unmarked but for typical library tags and markings; slightly cocked and 1" closed tear to rear endpaper. Deckle edge fore and bottom pages. 232 pp. plus advertisements. Good plus First Edition.
Add this copy of For the Blue and Gold; a Tale of Life at the University to cart. $59.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Wentworth Press.
