Word: supplemented
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...then, can we not have a course of lectures to supply this want? Something of the kind seems to be almost a necessary supplement of the elective system; and it appears that formerly some attempt was made to supply it. Seven years ago the President of this College gave two courses of lectures, - one, during the first term, to the Freshman class, on the subject of "Integral Education"; the other, during the second term, to the Senior Class, on the "Mutual Relations of the Sciences." These subjects seem to indicate the scope of the instruction desired, and, if made...
...electives. The primers of science which pretend to impart general information on their respective subjects are seldom reliable, and usually written for youthful minds. Since able instructors in the different sciences are not wanting, a series of short courses of evening lectures on the natural sciences might profitably supplement our regular instruction. The lecture-rooms of Boylston Hall are well suited for the purpose; one of them offering means for extensive illustration of subjects by calcium light...
...omnibus line between Harvard Square and Boston is one of the future probabilities. We have all seen enough of high rates and insufficient accommodations to welcome any additional comforts on our pilgrimages to Boston. We suggest that one may come out as a supplement to the last car and pick up the footsore stragglers...
...employed to supplement and polish, as it were, the work of the Goody in the rooms of those rich enough to maintain men of such expensive habits, furnish from their number a character both interesting to the student of mythical history and dreadful to the midnight wayfarer. His very name implies the cunning and treachery of a demon, - Slippery Mike. I shudder as I write...