Word: transformations
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...poor and inadequate piece of work. That question it is not worth while here to discuss; but it still bids fair to remain among the imperishable classics of our tongue. For its extraordinary merits as a piece of English place it above the rank of a translation and transform it into something only less original and native to the intellectual soil than the work of Shakspere or Milton themselves. It is surprising, indeed, that it has been so seldom studied from this point of view, and the attempt at Harvard to do something of the sort is worth the highest...
...meeting of the Board of Trustees of Princeton College last Thursday, it was decided to transform the college into a university. Hereafter degrees will be conferred in accordance with certain prescribed rules, instead of in the promiscuous manner in which they have been given in the past...
...Japanese ivy bids fair to transform completely the appearance of the streets in our northern cities, and it will be a pity if our college buildings do not share this transformation. We have a little ivy here and there. And no one who has observed what a change this little makes in the dingy, dusty, dreariness of the older buildings, can help regretting that the college has not taken the trouble during past years to set out more vines. The autumn coloring of these ivy leaves during the past few weeks has been most beautiful. And when we think...
...medical college building presented to the University of Vermont by Mr. John P. Howard was dedicated to its uses on Thursday, the address being delivered by the Hon. Henry Ballard. Mr. Howard is absent in California. He will transform the old medical college building into a gymnasium for the use of the students at the university...
...more prevalent here? With but one notable exception we have not noticed any of the foot-ball men playing lacrosse this season, The game is one particularly adapted to foot-ball men, having much the same tactics, and only requiring a little skill in handling the crosse to transform them into adepts at the sport. It also keeps them in good trim and practice for their fall work of another year. For this reason several football captains have tried, during the last few years, to get some of their men into the lacrosse ranks in the spring. Unfortunately for both...