Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...interested stranger will find nothing to attract his attention in the exterior of the house, unless it be the care with which that sanitary law has been observed, which demands that the cold air box to the furnace shall have its mouth at least three feet above the ground, and covered with a wire screen. There are few visitors; perhaps because the students hesitate to take their friends to the rooms, lest they intrude upon the privacy of the family whose home it is. If you enter, you find, on the left, a parlor which is used occasionally...
...field by the Amherst freshmen. The Amherst freshman nine last year was a remarkably good one, and we understand that Amherst has one this year that would be a good match for our freshman nine. The novelty of a game with the Amherst freshmen would surely attract and interested crowd, and the game would be a financial success for the management, as well as a means of getting excellent practice for the nine, so we hope our suggestion will be favorably received...
...weather conditions yesterday afternoon, were such as to attract a large number of shooting men to Watertown, where the second competition in the present series of matches was shot. The number of men entering the matches was 21, while the spectators present swelled the number of those on the range to 35, or more. The scores, on an average, showed a decided improvement over the former work of the club, especially in the double-bird match, though the figures in this match were kept down somewhat by a stiff breeze from the southwest. Owing to the large number of entries...
There is, however, another department of university growth, which is a more important element in true university prosperity. The position of a college depends greatly on the stamp of the average student. That college which attracts the ambitious, zealous young men of our country will, in the future, be the leading college. Wealth, fortunate location, and noted professors contribute much to the success of any college, but a generation of earnest, ambitious students will do more toward this end than all the other causes combined. The following, then, seems to be a just criterion of the advisability of these...
...first lecture of the club on "The present condition of Psychical Research," by Prof. Geo. S. Fullerton, will undoubtedly attract a large audience. Prof. Fullerton of the University of Pennsylvania, occupies a unique position which gives special weight to his opinions on this subject. The professorship-which he holds was established from a fund left by a wealthy spiritualist. The purpose of the professorship was the investigation of spiritualism, and similar phenomena. It is a new and interesting field for investigation, and the wide-spread interest which the subject has aroused, has led to the establishment in England...