Word: distracting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...good teaching can be obtained here as abroad, but on the continent one is enabled to study music to better advantage, because he is surrounded by a musical atmosphere and has nothing to distract his attention from his work. But there is a good deal lost in going abroad, since, when a man returns, he has to begin at the very beginning. and perhaps will not be able to make more than a hundred dollars for two or three years, while if he had stayed at home he would have gradually worked his way ahead. In short, going abroad...
...cage a thick cotton cloth. The benefits derived are two-fold. The light thereby is kept within the cage, an essential factor in afternoon practice. In addition, this seclusion admits of closer application to duties, since the presence of a large crowd of commenters is sure to distract the attention of the candidates...
...present season of the year always finds the Glee Club very active. The mid-years have passed and there is generally little to distract the attention of the members. This year the club has been very successful. The singing has been good and the attendance of members at the concerts has never been better. The club now numbers twenty-three and is particularly strong in the bass parts. More first tenors are needed to make that part as good as the others. Several concerts have been arranged to take place during the next few weeks in the towns near Boston...
...class injured by a set of fellows who are certainly not gentlemen. These fellows find Professor Lovering's weekly lectures uninteresting, and in order to give themselves some enjoyment, spend their time during the lecture hour in stamping on the floor and hissing. They disturb the lecturer, distract the attention of the quiet listeners, and cause their classmates to feel ashamed for them. If they are not moved by feelings of respect for the Professor, let them at least consider the example they set to the young Cambridge boys who attend the lectures...
...strict enough, if it were possible for the referee to watch every man, and see every "foul" and "off-side" play. It seems to me that the best change that could be made would be to pass a rule that the judges, who at present do their best to distract the attention of the referee from foul plays of their own side, should not belong to either of the contesting colleges. I think that, if the two judges and the referee were all non-partisan, and all worked in the interest of fair play, the game would no longer...