Word: mannerisms
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...conducted by several, instead of one, of the ablest professors of the University, and ought to be of interest to every man. This interest in the course, if nothing else, should keep a man quiet and not allow him to behave in a noisy, childish, and even pitiable manner...
...engine when in work. On account of the extreme heat thermometers cannot be used, and Professor Hall is therefore employing a very delicate electrical instrument. The relation of light to electricity and magnetism is being worked up by Mr. D. W. Shea. The apparatus is arranged in such a manner as to investigate whether light is a manifestation of electricity or not. Professor B. O. Peirce and Dr. Wilson are trying to determine the rate of flow of electricity into large reservoirs, for instance, into cables; in this investigation the greatest accuracy is necessary, as extremely small fractional parts come...
...Dodge, '91, second on the affirmative, said that prohibition is the only right method, as drinking tends to crime; therefore, intemperance must dealt with in the same manner as crime, by prohibition, not by license. Prohibition will prohibit, but it will take time, as is always the case with great reforms. High license will merely connive at the evil, prohibition will stifle...
...Mixter, who gives a course upon the muscles of the body, especially intended for first year students. In this course, the dissections are made by the second year men, and the muscles dissected are demonstrated and described in detail by the Freshmen. Such work after the manner of the recitations and conferences, is entirely voluntary...
...Princeton management had the courtesty to write and explain the cause of the unusual delay? Whenever Princeton has played in Cambridge, the Harvard management has always paid them immediately and it is only fair that we receive like treatment from Princeton, or if kept waiting in this vexations manner, that we receive some explanation...