Word: age
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...directions, especially in scientific work, in chemistry and geology and in the school of arts, the instruction is limited. The true friends of the college fear, however, that it does not possess sufficient elasticity and progressive vitality to expand into a great university, responsive to every need of the age, and especially they fear the conservatism of its trustees who do not seem to sympathize with the great intellectual movements of the present century...
Apropos of the appointment of Professors Andrews and Tilman of West Point to visit Harvard and Yale, a prominent army officer is reported as saying : "This may be considered a new departure, but the world moves, and we must keep abreast of the spirit of the age. It is desirable that West Point should avail itself of every thing which is commended and indorsed by the experience of our leading institutions of learning...
What first led you to think of going to college? Mention the time and age of entering. Mention any difficulties you encountered in getting your education. Were you absent during your college course? Why? Where...
...account of Wolsey. His reply was unique. "Wolsey was a famous general who fought in the Crimean War, and who, after being decapitated several times, said to Cromwell, 'Ah, if I had only served you as you have served me, I would not have been deserted in my old age!" Occasionally within the precincts of colleges and universities a rich vein of humor may be struck in a very unexpected fashion. On one occasion a professor, noticing that certain members of his class were inattentive during the lecture, suddenly arrested his flow of oratory, and addressing one of the students...
...Greeks paid especial attention to food and the question of diet in training. They used to run very long distances, retire early and rise with the sun, and thus, till twenty-five years of age, they were in continual training. This system, so completely carried out, accounts, perhaps, for many of the great feats and remarkable records reported as having been made by the Greeks. If our knowledge of their sports and methods of training were more accurate and comprehensive, it is not to be doubted that we could gain many valuable hints therefrom...