Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...benefit of those students in the Academic Department who wish to know the times and subjects of the first-year lectures at the Law School, and by whom delivered, the following list is printed: Forenoon Lectures begin at eleven o'clock; those on Monday and Tuesday are on Real Property, given by the Hon. Emory B. Washburn; those on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, on Contracts, by Professor J. B. Ames. Afternoon Lectures begin at three. The lecture Monday afternoon is on Crime and Procedure, by Professor Washburn; Tuesday, on Torts, by Professor Lathrop; and Friday, on Civil Procedure (either...
Morning dawns; take an observation, but no land in sight. Night on night succeeds to day on day. Provisions begin to run low in the locker. Freshman suggests eating one another; being small, we object, on the ground that cannibalism is inconsistent with the true spirit of Christianity. At length, land, ho! Breakers; have to wade ashore. Kiss the soil of Cuba. Hunt for tortoise; find hen's-nest in bushes, - eat it (the contents). Tool-chest washed ashore; throw up intrenchments and feel better. Burrow in sand, for fear of wild beasts; do not altogether escape...
THERE does not seem to be any very strong desire among the students for fresh, well-aired rooms to begin the day with, as may be seen...
However pleasant it may be for us thus to be indifferent to such things, we should still do well to remember that this will not last long, and that if, on leaving college to really begin life, we are inexperienced and unskilled in the transactions of every-day life, we must pay the penalty, and learn from a hard master what we should have known before...
...inferred from its title, "Turning-Points in Life" deals with those questions which are, at the same time, the hardest to answer and the most important in the lives of all men. It is, therefore, of especial interest to those who begin to see these enigmas looming up before them, near enough to present in full light all their knotty points, but far enough off to afford time for deliberation. On all the practical questions which he discusses, Mr. Arnold appears to speak impartially and carefully and with good judgment. More than this, however, we cannot...