Word: popularized
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...they are forced to wait a long time, in course of which the same old trouble in regulating the temperature of the water is undergone. The gymnasium authorities should look into this matter and find out the cause of all this trouble and annoyance. The gymnasium is becoming more popular than ever but unless the above evil is remedied one of the strongest objections to its use will be the lack of proper bathing facilities. By all means, let us not be deprived of them...
...Masonic Fair in New York, the oil portrait of Charles Dickens to be given by vote to the most popular newspaper was awarded to Town Topics. What taste the Masons have...
...Christmas eve the students who remain in Cambridge will have a chance to call upon one of our most popular professors and we venture to predict that a large number will avail themselves of this opportunity. These informal receptions are what we need here to bring student and professor into closer contact than can be got through the medium of the lecture room. They tend to bridge over the gap which lies between the instructor and his pupils. It is unfortunate that in the case of Prof. Norton, the date fixed for the reception comes at a time when...
...Guitar Club is a new organization, yet one that deserves attention and appreciation. A guitar and mandolin club fills a want which a banjo club cannot satisfy, and we are glad to see that such a club has been formed. The guitar club at Princeton is very popular, and has made a great hit wherever it has played. As the club has been formed only since the first of this year, it is as yet only an experiment, but everything points to success, although just at present the club is hampered by the illness of one of its members. There...
...sympathize with Mr. Sparks' view and be glad to see it put into practice. Mr. Sparks did his own work thoroughly and conscientiously, but he did not expect much from "the boys." Like them, he thought examination a good deal of a bore. He was a genial and extremely popular man, and when he became president the students always felt that he was on their side. His was a large and generous idea, and in all of his published work he has deserved well of his country, but the idea of the practical teaching of history, even of America...