Word: aid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...majority of the subjects of study in college are taught by a system of instruction from which the students' abilities to profit rests almost wholly upon his success in getting good notes at lectures, is it not all important that no expedient be left untried which can possibly aid him in this very vital part of his work? In a word, this note-taking, if I may be permitted the expression, is the wholesale industry of the college, and with this fact in view, I do not think any single addition to the present curriculum of electives would so materially...
...communication, urging the establishment of a course in stenography, which we publish this morning, we think voices the opinion of a large body of students in college. We spoke editorially, some time ago, of the need of such a course, not only as a great aid to men in their note-taking in college, but especially as valuable for such as intend to make the law or journalism a profession. We understand that the faculty would not be willing to have such a course count for a degree, on the ground that such an accomplishment is not part...
During the recess a large number of the Hasty Pudding Club went to New York to give two performances of "Joan of Arc," in aid of the Boat Club. Most of the men went on together in a special car by the Albany railroad, enlivening the way by singing, story telling, etc. Headquarters at New York were made at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. During Monday, Tuesday, and part of Wednesday, this hotel was gay with college men; for besides the members of the company other Harvard men were there, and before they left, the Yale nine put in an appearance...
...lecturer spoke of the aids to naturalism which improvements in stage mechanism had been, and told of the amusing efforts of actors to be in the "focus" of the old-style footlights. He then proceeded to speak of elocution as an aid to the actor. "The study of elocution is necessary for the acting art. The advice of the old actors was that the voice should be pitched so as to allow the top galleries to hear. This idea has passed away. An actor must be natural, but to be natural he must be broader than nature. One always listens...
...science? The facts of the case are that the gentleman so severely criticised was pressed by Mr. Clark against his own desires, to enter the light weight sparring, because of the small number of entries in that event; and the day before, he took one losson in sparring to aid him in defending himself. Now, I ask you if any man would go to a sparring match and allow himself to be pummelled about, merely because if he hit his opponent so hard that he disabled him, he would be declared "fit only for the society of roughs and 'muckers...