Word: thus
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...time has come, however, when the want of additional means for electrical study is beginning strongly to be felt; and the formation of an Electric Club has thus come at a must opportune time If the members of the club are earnest, as we believe them to be, they can hardly fail to accomplish their objects-partially at any rate. Their purposes are in a way co-operative,- to help each other in the study of the subject in which they all have a common interest. They hope also to bring before the University the need of better appliances...
...from general use a rather large proportion of the good courts, the loss would be more than counterbalanced by the advantages gained, and especially the stimulus to better play. It will become an object not only to win future tournaments, but to make a creditable showing in them; and thus many of the less prominent players will be spurred to harder work, and the general standard of tennis at Harvard will be raised. To the best players the advantages will be equally great, for they will be able to engage in a constant struggle with their equals, and not have...
...find our own way into the way, we must trust to those who can see to lead us there, as he did. And, also, if we want to give help to others we must be in the way, for God's first command to Ananias was to that effect. Thus the whole of the Christian's life must be lived in this street which is straight, which leads from God to God, from glory to glory and from rest to rest...
...handsome silver cup is offered by the Yale Athletic Association to the man who scores the greatest number of points in open athletic meetings this year. The design is to stimulate more men to enter for the events of these meetings, and thus develope more men for Yale's athletic teams...
...attention of the Norsemen, owing to violent political upheavals, was turned toward Iceland and many of them migrated to that country. About half of the population was thus of Scandinavian origin, while the remainder came from Great Britain. These old Norsemen were a fine set of men, much superior to those we see there now. They supported themselves by commerce with the surrounding countries, and by what little agriculture they could carry on in their island...