Word: adaptation
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Again, the boat should be adapted exactly to the individual men who will occupy the seats in it, and we should not expect a crew to adapt themselves to the boat. If I was ordered to provide a boat for an eight-oared crew, I should first ascertain every measurement of every man in it, and then adapt the rigging of each slide, etc., exactly to the man who would occupy...
...conditions. Special encouragement will be given to parties desiring to furnish funds for the establishment of an 'Annex,' similar to the Harvard 'Annex,' in which young women may pursue courses of study, differing, in some respects, from that prescribed for the young men, and, as may be thought, better adapted to their necessities. Such persons, if found worthy, will be entitled to receive the honors of the University. Brown University, which has always been conservative, is not unmindful of the demands of the spirit of the age, and will, in the end, be sure to adapt herself to the spirit...
...even its surroundings warrant. Its sister, the Courant, is far ahead of it in its judgment on subjects which are now agitating the college world. In speaking of the success of the partially elective system at Yale, the Courent thus says: "Our ideal culminates in an education which shall adapt it, self to the pressing necessities of life, and be in harmony with the spirit of the times. Yale never occupied as favorable a position in the eyes of the public as at the present time. While vigorously defending whatever has been most conducive to success in her past policy...
...They are Protean in their natures," my guide replied. "They can assume any form, counterfeit any emotion, mock any expressions of feeling. Thus it is that they deceptively adapt themselves to the world, and their duplicity is never discovered. Too many there are that are like this author, but they are growing less and less in number. Silently the celestial policemen, among whom I am one, are carrying them to their reward. They are called the Lotos-Eaters of Earth.- But the East is brightening; the day is near. I must be away...
...meeting of th canoe club, held were adopted. This constitution is modelled after that of the American Canoe Association, with such slight changes as are necessary to adapt it to college requirements. After some discussion as to the design of the burgee to be adopted, Messrs. Frothingham, '84, and Frye, '86, were appointed to secure a design. Messrs. Frothingham, '84, and Nutter, '85, were elected members of the executive committee, of which the commodore is chairman. The club now numbers 15 members, and bids fair to become a permanent and popular institution...