Word: actions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...action taken by the Boston Society of Architects in forwarding to Professor Norton a large number of tickets to their exhibition, to be distributed to those engaged in studying the fine arts, is very thoughtful, and merits some acknowledgment. As a recognition of the college in its capacity as an art school this action is worthy of some notice. So little is said of the art studies of Harvard that the really good work done in this department is too much overlooked...
...kept at a high degree of interest. Many amusing incidents and patriotic references were cited, which kept the audience in pleasant communion with the speaker. Major Hotchkiss began by stating that there are three things in a campaign that are important. 1. The topography of the field of action. 2. Purposes of campaign. 3. The results. The first was carefully shown upon the blackboard, and the latter two were so ably discussed that the listener came to agree with the lecturer, that Jackson was a great general and that if it were not for his timely strategy, drawing...
...meeting of the junior class last evening, action was taken on the recent death of George Caswell Baker, formerly...
...ordinary easy breathing most of the work is done by the action of the diaphragm, a large muscle which separates the abdomen from the chest. It is fastened to the ribs and the back bone and it arches upward; when it contracts it flattens, and by pulling on the base of the chest, makes it larger. This enlargement of the chest is also performed by little muscles between intercostals. They raise the ribs from their oblique position. In ordinary healthy respiration the current of air passes in and out of the lungs through the nose, not through the mouth...
...There is one community in college, however, which certainly deserves our pity at this period of general mirth and festivity. We refer to the upperclassmen who are so unfortunate as to room in the north entry of Thayer. From time to time we have heard vague rumors concerning the action of certain freshmen in that entry. In the absence of any definite proof to sustain such rumors, we have passed the matter over in silence. A few nights ago, however, we had the misfortune to be present as an unwilling auditor at one of these freshman celebrations. It is enough...