Word: branches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...without sacrificing his dignity. His administrative abilities are said to be marked; he has tact and energy and is always ready in an emergency. For his scholarship much is claimed. His study has been profound; he has a remarkable grasp and strength of thought, and in his special branch is said to be the most able instructor in the West...
...THOMPSON, the well-known importing clothier of New York and Philadelphia, who recently opened a branch store at 344 Washington street, Boston, sailed from New York on Saturday last by steamer "Ems. He is bound for London to personally select the stock for his next spring and summer business...
Although an innumerable number of courses have been added to the college curriculum since the introduction of the elective system, one branch of professional study, in which a great many men now in college expect to engage after graduation, has been entirely overlooked. I refer to the establishment of a chair of journalism, to be classed under the same head as are all the English courses. There is no better way to test the popularity of an experimental course than making it in the first place voluntary, and then if the attendance warrants, changing it to a half or full...
...interested in fencing, whether he can fence or not, attend, and if only by his presence, encourage and help on the club. There is no reason why there should not be a fencing club as well as a sparring club, or a club for the encouragement of any branch of athletics; for surely there are few kinds of exercise which surpass fencing in bene ficial effects, or as a training for the muscles. Therefore, let every man who can, be present Thursday evening and help the formation of a club which shall keep up the interest...
...Bailey will go from California to Peru where a branch of the Cambridge observatory is to be established for the purpose of studying the spectra of the stars in the southern heavens, which are not visible in Cambridge...