Word: abandoned
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Early last week we printed a communication relative to clapping and applause at the lectures in freshman chemistry. The writer himself a freshman, strongly condemned the practice, and asked his classmates, as gentlemen, to abandon it. We have been told, however, that the applause is confined to clapping, on Professor Cook's entrance and at the close of the lecture. If this is the case, we should be very sorry to have the custom given up. It has many years past been the habit of the freshman chemistory sections to applaud Professor Cook. The act has been one of friendly...
...help him to be of use to society as well as to make the most of himself. Such an education must be to a degree a suggestive one; it must teach a man how to think even more than what to think, and must from its very nature abandon the old rut of thought. The favor with which the "new subjects" are received shows plainly how undergraduate feeling is disposed toward them. Men at college fully realize the nature of the times into which they have been thrown and when allowed to shape their own courses, naturally follow out this...
...minds, the proof of the stroke is whether it wins or not. And if a crew believe they can win by adopting this stroke, we can rest assured that they will adopt it, if permitted to do so. It is very obvious that if the crews are all to abandon the regular Harvard stroke which has been proved to be the best one for a four mile race, their whole use would be merely nil; they would be worse than nothing at all, so far as helping to keep the university boat full of men is concerned. In view...
...telegram received early yesterday morning reported that the Harvard ball grounds were flooded by the heavy rains. The nine therefore was obliged to abandon the proposed game...
Night gave Hooker an opportunity to concentrate his army on a more compact line meager to Chancellorsville itself. In the morning, Sunday, a second desperate attack was made by the Confederates, which compelled Hooker to abandon his position and withdraw, so as to defend the road in his rear leading to the river. Here, night again brought him relief. From this last position Lee still seemed determined to drive him where his own attention was drawn aside by the movements of Sedgwick in his rear. This general had received orders from his chief to move around and meet...