Word: attained
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...student who does not attain one half of the maximum mark for the entire work of one year, is held to have failed in the work of that year...
...objectionable young mucker that his place is not in the yard, and his task not to make himself as disagreeable, and everybody else as uncomfortable, as possible. Perhaps a good strong policeman, with a stronger "billy," would be as effective as anything else. But a policeman could not attain complete success, if he had not the co-operation of the students. Much more, then, is the care and attention of the students needed, when we have no policeman at all. It must be that those who have been wont to entice the muckers about their windows to race or wrestle...
...highest excellence. But upon examination we find that but very few men are in any way interested in the study of elocution. No matter what may be the ability of the few gentlemen who are interested, their work cannot be of the high order of proficiency that would be attained were there a greater competition. It is the work of the elocution department to arouse greater interest, not only in the Boylston prize speaking, but in the study of elocution. Several of the competitors last evening showed themselves to be speakers of great power, a few of high polish. Little...
...being a matter of ingenuity and invention. It developed slowly, the church being at first opposed to it; but the improvement of the violin and other stringed instruments by the great Italian makers naturally developed a school of players and writers. The organ was the first musical instrument to attain development, and in the 17th century was used in the church. The harpsichord, clavichord, etc., a variety of instruments like the piano, were in common use at this time. A very interesting feature of the lecture was the performance of a piece by Conperin, on a veritable old spinet...
...getting out the boats, together with the nearness of the class races, the second of May, gives the crews a very short time for preparation. Five weeks is hardly long enough to learn the difficult art of watermanship. It cannot, therefore, be expected that the class crews will attain the standard of perfection which they reached in former years. This lack of time upon the water presses hardest upon the freshman crew, who are all new men, and need a longer time to get into condition for shell rowing. All the crews, except the freshman, are now using sliding seats...