Word: age
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Union club; C. C. Nichols of Harvard; E. P. Cottle, of Yale; S. J. Poe and H. W. Hall, of Princeton; J. C. Gerndt, formerly of N. Y. U., and J. A. Stewart of Chicago Calumets. This list includes the twelve regular and two substitutes. The average age of the members is 23 years 4 months; the average height, 5 feet 9 1-2 inches; and the average weight 153 pounds...
...students presents an interesting study in the evolution of the nick-name. "Richards," of course, became "Dickey" and by a natural sequence "Dickey" became "Dickeybird," until the necessity for abbreviation has made "The Bird" the best known name for one of Yale's most popular and efficient instructors. [Modern Age...
...altruistic motives. "Love the Lord thy God with all thy soul and with all thy might and thy soul and with all thy might and thy neighbor as thyself." As altruism, or unselfishness increases, death loses its fears. It will be said in future centuries, that in this age men begin to think less about death...
...student's age at entrance appears to have been a matter of no consideration; if, however, he was more than sixteen years old, he was required to subscribe to the Articles of faith, as set forth in the Prayer Book, to "acknowledge the supremacy of his Royal Majesty" and upon oath, to observe the laws, privileges and customs of the University. We learn further that no student was allowed to board in a private family, but on the contrary that each and every one was enjoined by a heavy penalty to be settled in some college or hall within...
...American degree, for no attention is paid to it, but the man who would enter without a pass from Washington, will have a hard time of it. Whether this is a reflection on our colleges or not is a question that the writer cannot decide. Any one of proper age, armed with a pass, can gain the advantages of university lectures, owing to what appears to be a special courtesy...