Word: specimen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There is, of course, the usual short funny story; but it is of general rather than local interest. The customary specimen lecture is "drool"; the one editorial contained in the number is a mere flow of adjectives and adverbs...
...editorials are addressed to Freshmen and are, in short, attempts to cover lack of wit by an abundance of words. The third editorial, on last year's victories, like the others, has no spontaneity and is neither good nor bad. The specimen lecture again appears under the heading of "Phonographic Marvels" and in this case is an excellent summary of peculiarities which are, however, well known. The "By the Way" is the wittiest piece in the number, and "The America's Cup," for a sustained effort, is very readable...
...conservatories the orchids and pitcher plants are interesting. A large specimen of the cycas, or sago palm, is in bloom for the first time in several years. The night blooming cereus, the largest of its kind in the country, will begin to blossom in a few weeks. As many as sixty buds have been known to open and die on this plant in one night...
...ferns have been gathered into one room. An Australian fern with a trunk four feet thick and a silver leaved fern ten feet high, are the most interesting of these plants. Among the cacti is an excellent specimen of a giant cactus, which was obtained last fall...
...object of the collector was to secure the best works of the great masters. Many of the engravings are valued as beautiful and accurate transcripts of paintings, others for some peculiar merit of their own or because they are important in the history of art. Thus there is a specimen of the work of the earliest known German engraver and also an Italian engraving of a very early date...