Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...other colleges for women offer cannot be found at present at the Annex. Nevertheless, it is often dangerous for social welfare to form too many clubs at the same time. The enthusiasm of the moment which takes up an idea with great gusto can often carry it to an excess and fail to develop into honest interest. A few clubs which can be kept up by earnest and lasting interest are better than many clubs which, formed by hasty enthusiasm, in the end fall to pieces...
...extensive series of observations was also made upon Mars. More than forty minute black points were discovered, provisionally designated as lakes. The polar compression of the planet was also measured and appeared to be greater than that indicated by theory, which may be due to an excess of clouds in the equatorial regions. The presence of the dark and narrow streaks, called canals by Schiaparelli, has been confirmed, and various measurements of them have been made. The clouds projecting beyond the limb and terminator have been studied, and their height has been found to be at least twenty miles...
GENTLEMEN: - The claim has been frequently made in public and private during the last few years, that the number of students in the college proper of Yale who reside in New York City, is largely in excess of those at Harvard. As this did not tally with my judgment and experience, especially since 1875, I took pains recently to secure from the college authorities an official count (which I append) of the respective numbers of New York City men in the two colleges at the beginning and middle of each decade, from 1860 to 1890, which I think will...
...what to leave out and what to remember. The middle path is the one to take, but for the selection of this path, one must make a careful and serious study of the facts. The helps of careful preparation and bright and entertaining illustrations are necessary for successful teaching. Excess of logic is out of place. Children do not care for argument, but for the facts interestingly stated. Hard work in memorizing is necessary for success in geographical research. The difficulty is in the selection of the facts to be remembered. Half the things one has forgotten are unimportant facts...
...occurred last night when the captain of the 'varsity crew met the candidates for the freshman boat. Only sixty-three men appeared as candidates. Now in Ninety-three's freshman year over one hundred men presented themselves at this first meeting, and last year the number was largely in excess of the number which came out last night. The fact that the men who did come out seem to be a fairly promising lot does not alter the matter. Ninety-five must wake up to the fact that the college expects to see every class do its very utmost...