Word: hearing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...could see their faces, and they had recognized us. But Bertha did not wave her handkerchief; she was crouched down in the stern, and Carlin was sitting near, talking angrily, I judged, though I could not hear his voice for the wind. And then the memory of that dream came over me; I divined what was to come. I think I must have been crazy with terror, - I am sure the captain thought...
...COMMITTEE, consisting of Messrs. Beale, Williams, Van Benthuysen, Jameson, and Putnam, has been appointed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a legislative branch of the Union for exercise in parliamentary practice. The Committee will hold public meetings to hear arguments for and against the plan; the important arguments of the speakers will be embodied in the report of the Committee...
...literature to be held accountable? Can it be that there do not present themselves, in Latin literature, works of a nature to be entertaining to a popular audience? Surely no devotee of Latin would acknowledge its narrowness to be of so alarming a character. Would listeners who crowd to hear Sophocles and Homer find no attractions in Lucretius and Virgil? Would those who take a rollicking delight in Aristophanes, fail to respond to Plautus...
...humor should not be the main elements. The audience, however, was good-natured, and readily over-looked all shortcomings. Colonel Higginson's presence and remarks showed the interest he takes in the Union. The experiment of allowing all who so wished, both ladies and gentlemen, to come to hear the debate was so successful that hereafter it will be, we presume, the rule rather than the exception...
...hear that with the advice and encouragement of two prominent members of the Faculty, a paper is being signed by the Juniors, petitioning the Faculty for a reduction in the amount of work required of the Junior class. It is proposed to cut down the work by requiring only twelve hours of electives instead of fourteen. That encouragement should be held out to this plan by any of the Faculty is a matter of congratulation, not only on account of the benefit to the Juniors, but because it shows that there is a prospect of another step from a conservative...