Word: reading
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...almost always done when alone in a sort of friendly social feeling toward the next reader, and because there is no one present to share the reader's delight! Did you ever see a man mark a book? No, because if any one is present, the passage is read aloud and gives the reader as much, or rather more pleasure than marking it would...
...last meeting of the Natural History Society, Dr. W. James read a very interesting paper on "The Evolution of the Perception of Motion...
...committee appointed to read the Bowdoin prize dissertations has made the following awards for philosophical and literary articles: Eugene M. Wambold, resident graduate, $75, for a dissertation on the "Demonetization of Silver by Western Nations...
...Music warrants the formation of two classes for beginners, one meeting at 3.30, and the other at 4.30, on Thursday afternoons, at Boylston Hall. Gentlemen may therefore come at either of these two hours. Mr. Carey will also form a class for practice in part singing by those who read music, at 2.30 on the same day, provided there is a sufficient number of tenors to make it practicable. Terms, $ 3.00, for the remainder of the Academic year...
...WINSOR, in his first annual report of the condition of our Library, speaks of the alterations in the reading-room, and recommends that some arrangement be made for the use of this room in the evening. Such a privilege is much desired by a large number of students. The advantage which it would give to those who desire to consult many books is obvious; the Library is almost the only place in the University where we are secure from interruption, and many students find it far more convenient to work there than in their rooms. Again, those...