Word: age
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...President Woolsley of Yale has resigned from the Yale corporation owing to old age...
...college has been taken to ascertain in what procession she shall march, the minority should march with the majority; and to the outside world the college should appear to go rather for a spree than for any political significance; not only because such a purpose is more befitting the age of the students, but because then both parties could enter into the fun of the procession more zealously. As when a President of the U. S. is elected, both parties acknowledge he is their leader, so when the college chooses the procession she will march with, let every student join...
...first impetus to athletics in New England outside of the colleges. When he was some years younger than he now is, he was known as one of the best 'all-round" athletes in New England, and he has won 35 medals for his prowess. He is 35 years of age, and will make an intelligent and sensible instructor.-[Herald...
...Pitcher and third basemen of the Dartmouth nine, Messrs. F. and G. Nettleton, while they are connected in no wise by relationship, are to a day of exactly the same age...
...wonderful "knacd" the poet Addison had of reeling off good hexameter verse, a "knack" not his alone, but common to most of the then students of average ability, we may form some idea of the system pursued at that time. It is said that even in the present age in the northern countries of Europe, especially Denmark, if a foreigner is unable to converse in the modern languages, a limited conversation may be carried on in Latin, at least among the fairly educated population. The system of the English was to put a dead language into active use, conversing...