Word: defect
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...method of getting out books is cumbrous and unpleasant; but of course we poor undergraduates are not expected to see its merits, as, indeed, we do not, though its faults are patent to all. The increasing interest in the study of history in this College has laid bare another defect in our Library. Of what works we have duplicate sets (Bancroft, for example), only one set is reserved, so that some man gets hold of the other and holds it till after examination. If we are informed rightly, there is but one copy of Luden's, one of Giesebrecht...
...nineteen men to whom were assigned Commencement parts, no one of them chose a literary subject: political economy, philosophy, and history were well represented, and one or two men expressed a liking for fine-arts, but literature had no friends. Undoubtedly, many will see in this fact a defect in the instruction given in college; but we think that the reason lies not so much in the kind of instruction as in the tendency of the thought of to-day, -a tendency with which the choice of subjects coincides. One year's choice, however, is insufficient data from which...
...literature necessarily fails to do. Acknowledging the value of Chemistry, Botany, and Geology, many a man of a literary penchant is deterred from electing them from fear of their taking up too much time; and thus on graduating from college is a perfect ignoramus in natural branches. This defect, in a measure necessary hitherto, has, it seems to us, been obviated by the action of the College in offering what is styled in the pamphlet, "Summer Instruction in Science for Teachers and other Adults...
...FIRE in one of the College buildings is something often talked of, but seldom seen. Our experience this week puts us in condition to consider understandingly our position in regard to such occurrences. What we have seen is this: A fire, caused by some defect in a chimney, breaks out an hour before noon; the two fire-extinguishers kept in the building are produced and found utterly useless; the city fire department is called upon, the building is drenched with water from top to bottom, and, after three hours' work, the flames are extinguished. The manner in which the fire...
...fire started near the ceiling of the Society rooms, and was caused by some defect in the chimney at the back of the stage, and in the centre of the building. The loft under the sloping roof was filled with old scenery and rubbish, and afforded the fire an excellent opportunity for spreading itself. When the rooms were opened the smoke was so dense that it was impossible to discover the exact location of the flames. The firemen therefore worked somewhat at a disadvantage, and they deserve praise for the pluck they showed as individuals, whatever may be thought...