Word: detail
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Although the Elective Pamphlet for next year is not yet entirely made up, quite a number of changes are in contemplation, aiming at increased opportunities for instruction. A general sketch of these changes can be but indefinite, especially as matters of detail are not at all decided upon...
Under the heading, "Amateur Athletics," the New York Tribune of Monday used the following language : "The professional tendency of amateur athletics is much to be regretted. Harvard and Yale squabble for weeks over points of detail in regard to their annual race, and the impression produced upon the public is that each is trying its best to outwit and get the best of the other. Is this the spirit of generous emulation which should characterize gentlemen who engage in athletic sports? College base-ball clubs have been handled by professional trainers, and have obtained their practice by playing professional clubs...
...Skin and its Functions - The Importance of the Bath," was the subject of Dr. Sargent's lecture yesterday. The lecturer first described in detail the different layers of the skin and the important work performed by each. The outer part of the skin exerts a protective force, doing the double duty, by its power as a non-conductor, of keeping out the cold and preserving the vital heat in the body. Below the protective layer comes the glandular or secretive tissue, under which lies the vascular, and farthest from the surface, the nervous fibre...
...large audience attended Mr. Taussig's lecture last evening on the tariff legislation. Mr. Taussig gave an interesting discourse, speaking in detail of the tariffs of 1824, 1828 and 1832. The next lecture will begin with the compromise tariff...
...Stephen W. Dorsey furnished for publication yesterday a card addressed to the public, in which he gives in detail his connection with the star routes...