Word: hitherto
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...these appointments, Mr. C. W. Birtwell, a graduate of Harvard, now manager of the Boston Children's Aid Society and newly elected chairman of the Committee on Charity and Correction, has been secured as permanent secretary. The scope of the work which will be undertaken by Mr. Birtwell, something hitherto unattempted at the University, will also be explained in full tonight...
...mysterious and pervasive essence always in itself beautiful, not always so in the shapes which it informs, but even then full of infinite suggestion. In literature it is what we call genius, an insoluble ingredient which kindles, lights, inspires and transmits impulsion to other minds, wakens energies in them hitherto latent, and makes them startlingly aware that they too may be parts of the controlling purpose of the world. A book may be great in other ways than as a lesson in form, and it may be for other qualities that it is most precious...
...preparatory school training in physics. The methods of laboratory instruction are being gradually introduced, but, owing to the knowledge of trigonometry which is required, there is a difficulty in the way of preparing students for the higher course in laboratory work. The teaching of elementary mathematics has not hitherto kept pace with the adoption of rational methods of teaching physics; and few preparatory schools offer any course as advanced as trigonometry...
...pitcher's box will be moved four feet further back than it has hitherto been. This will bring the rear of the box sixty feet from the plate...
...Tale of a Wayside Inn," by J. P. Welsh, is longer than the interest of the tale would seem to justify, but the remaining articles of the number are very satisfactory. Two hitherto unknown names appear as the authors of well written stories,-"A Summer Incident," by R. L. Raymond, and "The Exacting Story," by J. W. R., both comparing not unfavorably with the "Fragment of a Modern Tale," by J. Mack, Jr. "The Last Theme," by F. Johnston, is exaggerated, but its cleverness saves this from being objectionable...