Word: contacter
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...noon the contact of the lava bed on the sandstone near Greenfield will be seen; here the lower surface of the lava is seen in cross section to be broken up into coarse fragments, now united by a sandy cement which is continuous with the sandstone below, and passes into a volcanic cement above, showing "where the slaggy surface of the flow was under rolled on a muddy bottom and the mud was forced up into the fissures," meeting in the cracks the still liquid lava from above...
...afternoon will be devoted to the study of the Bernardston series of Upper Devonian metamorphic rocks, and the contact of the Triassic sandstone, where it rests unconformable on the older rocks. The region is one of the most interesting, geologically, in New England, and we are especially privileged in having the opportunity to go with Professor Emerson as leader of the party, he having devoted many years to the study and geological mapping of the central portion of the state...
...Philosophy, will act as Dean of the college, while Dr. William Romaine New-bold will succeed him as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. A new departure also is the appointment of a Vice-Dean from among the younger members of the Faculty, who will be especially in contact with the students, and to whom they may go at any time for advice and assistance in all matters that interest them. This will also greatly relieve the work of the Dean, whose time is largely taken up in the oversight of the general interests of the college, such...
...class was one of the first to get the benefits of the elective system. At first it was merely an experiment; but, when its great advantages were recognized, it was permanently introduced. In those days relations between student and instructor were very distant; recitations were the only mediums of contact. There was little of the cooperation that distinguishes the University today...
...beautiful thought that the human soul is capable of absorbing for itself the peace, the wisdom, and the worth with which it comes into contact. The student, the poet, the saint are lofty by their attainments...