Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...courses in the Elective Pamphlet for next year, probably none will be more acceptable than the one on German literature. The fact that Germany until our time has been divided into numerous states and principalities makes it difficult for the student to get a connected idea of its history and literature; and any help in this direction is to be welcomed. As the course is to be one hour, and to consist of lectures, a large number will undoubtedly elect it. To those students who have already taken several courses in German, it will be valuable as a kind...
...Library, on the whole, is conducted so much for our advantage that a complaint on the subject may seem hypercritical. Nevertheless there is one great annoyance which could be easily removed. It is extremely desirable that visitors should be excluded from the reading-room. It is difficult enough to study there at any time; the continual passing to and fro renders connected study almost impossible. Now, if visitors were excluded, this disturbance would be greatly lessened. There is nothing remarkable to be seen in the reading-room, and any survey which is necessary can be obtained through the glass doors...
...next event on the programme was Club Juggling, in which Mr. J. T. Howe, '80, was the only entry. He executed some very difficult movements, and at the conclusion of his performance was presented with a silver cup by the Association, in token of their appreciation of his successful efforts for three consecutive years...
...body comes forward the second time, lifting the feet up so as to vault through the hands over the bar. This Mr. Freeland was unable to accomplish, but he executed with apparent ease the Free-will and Somersault, and the Back Horizontal, both of which are very difficult. In the Giant Swing (forward), Mr. Keene excelled, and the judges were at first unable to decide as to their respective merits; but on Mr. Keene's inability to execute the Giant Swing (backward), which Mr. Freeland accomplished satisfactorily at his first attempt, the prize was given to Freeland by the judges...
...Raalte's brilliant execution of the difficult Wieniawski Fantasia was highly appreciated by the audience, and received a hearty encore, to which he responded with Reber's exquisite little Berceuse. The singing of the quartette, under the charge of Mr. Brackett, was much enjoyed by the audience, despite the noticeable effect of colds upon the voices, which prevented a response to an encore in the first selection. Mr. Brigham's solo was warmly encored...