Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Gray's early life, to the age of thirty, is briefly described in some thirty pages of autobiography. His correspondence is then taken up from the year 1831, when he was twenty-one years old; and it is the aim of the editor to trace the varied interests and occupations of his life by means of carefully chosen extracts from his own letters. These were, of course, largely on scientific subjects; but when the majority have been omitted, there yet remains enough to give an idea of the personality of the writer...
...modern play in the plot and its development. The date for the presentation has been practically settled as the nineteenth of April, the anniversary of the Concord Fight; for the Latin plays, in the days of their popularity, were reserved for festival occasions; and it is the aim of the Latin department to make as exact a reproduction of the original as possible. With this in view, the twenty-second of February had been selected; but it was found that Sanders Theatre was to be occupied on that date, and this caused postponement...
...varsity were making a steady gain of ground when time was called; yet there was much shouting and dallying and wasting of time. Such "horse play" as this where every graduate has his say, can produce nothing but confusion, and in the end it will defeat its own aim and no good will result from it. By all means, this series of games with the graduates is an excellent thing provided it does not degenerate into mere...
...thus early that the matter may be given due consideration by the members of the class. If men try who are not fitted for the paper they make useless labor for themselves and trouble for the managers of the sheet. We will state, then, in outline, the scope and aim of the paper, and the qualities that are consequently desired in candidates...
This being the aim of the paper, it is evident for what kind of men we have a place. The ideal editor would be a man of good personal address, of quick observation and ready intelligence. He would be able to get facts precisely as they are and put them into readable shape with a no mean literary skill. He would, above all other things, be willing to work and even to work hard if the interests of the paper demanded...