Word: attract
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard Annex, and it is the testimony of some of the Harvard professors that the average scholarship of the classes in the Annex is above that of the classes in the college. Over fifty courses are open to the pupils, and of these, Greek, Latin, English, German and mathematics attract the largest numbers. This year, thirty-five out of the forty-eight ladies have chosen Greek electives. Two enthusiastic girls from Texas sold lands and traveled two thousand miles for privileges which Harvard University could afford beyond any woman's college. In return, the Annex has sent a graduate...
David Kay, F. R. G. S., has written a book on "Education and Educators" which ought to attract attention in the United States. Among other points, he discusses the hereditary effects of education, its relation to the state, its connection with religion, and the different kinds of educators. The book is written after the scientific method, and its positions on all points are supported by ample citations from leading authors. The author designs to put forth two more books, one on anthropology and the other on pedagogy...
...students of Davidson "College," Charlotte, N. C., have if correctly reported, recently been indulging in some very curious freaks. We doubt if even Southern "chivalry" can explain these actions. The report reads: Students at Davidson College have of late been so riotous as to attract general attention. They take possession of Davidson College station as the trains stop, go through the cars singing ribald songs regardless of the presence of ladies, and parade the country round about so that women are afraid to be found abroad. This hostility seems to be especially directed against preachers, whom they compel...
...spite of the blustering weather last evening, the announcement that Mr. Matthew Arnold, the celebrated English critic and poet, would lecture in Sanders Theatre was sufficient to attract a large audience. Early in the evening, the audience which included many Cambridge people as well as students began to assemble, and by eight o'clock all the lower part of the house was filled, and a large number were driven to the gallery for seats. In introducing Mr. Arnold, Mr. Hart said there had been a misunderstanding, and that instead of lecturing Mr. Arnold would read several of his poems...
...topics which come up every day outside the class room which interest the students and nothing would be pleasanter or more appropriate than for them to hear these questions discussed by members of the college corps of instructors. Surely there are numbers of professors in our faculty who would attract large audiences in any other place and there is no reason why they should not attract audiences in Cambridge. We urge the Historical Society or the Finance Club, or some such organization to again come forth from its retirement and invite men from among our own instructors to lecture...