Word: narrower
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...writer conscientiously calls it, by Prof. Peck of Columbia College. We trust that a paper of such standing as the Churchman does not sanction the contents of this article. We are surprised that a man of the position that Mr. Peck occupies, should be willing to expose his narrow-mindedness. It would be useless for us to point out the false views taken by Mr. Peck, for we should be forced to quote nearly every sentence of the article. We fail to see how a man of any breadth of mind who is a believer in human goodness, could, with...
...final game of the class series was played on Jarvis yesterday at 2.15 p.m. '88 won by a narrow margin, thus obtaining the class championship for 1886. The whole game was played rather loosely, and costly errors were made on both sides. At the end of the first half of the fourth inning, '87 led by a score of 7 to 1, but then '88 braced up, and by getting first base on balls, and by several passed balls, succeeded in getting four runs more. The eighth inning was also disastrous for '87, when '88 made four runs through errors...
...senior nine scored another victory yesterday, defeating the freshmen by the narrow margin of 8 to 7. Some 200 spectators, including a few ladies, witnessed the game. The game was sharply played by both nines. errors being pretty equally divided. Many of the passed balls may be accounted for by the fact that the lateness of the hour cast the sun directly into the eyes of the catchers. The score follows...
...cannot all with Mill read Thucydides in the cradle, nor do we care to read Pilgrims Progress until the trumpets do indeed "sound on the further side." But there is a mean which every earnest student can and ought to cultivate in the matter of reading beyond the narrow limit of his courses. As the two prime reasons for reading are that we may gain information, and at the same time form a style, those reasons ought to be considered in ones choice of reading. Someone has computed that an ordinarily busy man will read one new book every week...
...last meeting of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association a vigorous attempt was made to have the national tournaments held in the vicinity of New York, but by a narrow majority Newport was retained as the place for the coming contest of this year...