Word: conveyances
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sufficient, provided the work is done conscientiously. But as the matter now stands, the student is obliged to write about six lines on such topics as the following, sentences, figures, clearness, and vocabulary. In these six lines he is supposed to state exhaustively the ideas these different headings convey to his mind when applied to the theme. As minor grievance, he has to write on unglazed paper. Now no man can say in a clear manner what he honestly thinks of a theme, when he is forced to express himself in such a cramped manner, and in such purely orbitrary...
...clock a telegram came from Amherst announcing the result of the game. The news of the victory spread quickly among the students, and preparations were at once made for giving the nine a reception worthy its achievements. Notices were posted that barges would be in readiness to convey into town all who wished to go, and the hour for starting was fixed at 8.45. During the time that the men were waiting for the barges, the disagreeable drizzle that had lasted all the afternoon changed into a constant and heavy downpour, but nothing daunted, nearly 300 men prepared to make...
...horse could be instantaneously photographed, and still show the agreeable action which all horse-lovers admire, and have been habituated to see drawn by artists, instead of the ungainly positions usually resulting from the instantaneous process." This object has been gained, so far at least as arrested motion can convey the idea of motion. There are fourteen of these illustrations, representing the horse running, trotting, cantering, jumping, etc. Col. Dodge has succeeded in giving much excellent advice on the management of a horse, while at the same time holding the reader's attention by the interest of the narrative...
...colleges as it had been in political institutions. We see, too, that college government has grown slowly from the purely tyrannical stage or period, until at last it has reached the oligarchic. "Government of the students, by the faculty, for the faculty," is a phrase that will, perhaps, convey a slightly exaggerated idea of the old time system of college government. To-day the phrase has become, "Government of the students, by the faculty, for the students," To-morrow-and by this is not meant the geologic to-morrow, of which we hear so much, but a to-morrow that...
...Dear Sir.- Pray convey to the Harvard Shakspere Club my thanks for the honor which it has done me in asking me to deliver an address. It will be a pleasure and honor to me to appear at the University, and if Monday, 30th March, will be a convenient day, I shall hold myself ready to comply with the wishes of my Harvard friends. Believe me to be, my dear sir, sincerely yours...