Word: blindness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...final examinations in English 5 will consist of a theme on some subject taken from the life of Macaulay in the "English Men of Letter" series, or from the recently published life of George Eliot by Mathilde Blind. Members of the section are expected to read one of these books, and, if possible, in addition, the poems, essays or history of Macaulay or some work of George Eliot of an autobiographical nature, such as "Mill on the Floss," or "Scenes from a Clerical Life...
...deserved tribute to a popular Harvard professor - the edition of Hill's Rhetoric, printed for the blind. The cumbrous volume may be seen on the desk in the reading room at the library and is well worth looking...
...contrivance is to be adopted in each entry, the rope, however, being attached at the highest of the hallway. In the old chapel an iron ladder is to be permanently attached in the rear, reaching from the window of the room in the gable to the sill of the blind window about eight feet above the ground. These fire-escapes are to be placed in position soon." Meanwhile Harvard is left to the saving grace of the Cambridge fire department (vide Lampoon) and of hypothetical fire ladders stowed away in unknown biding-places...
...expectations of his most ardent admirers. He showed himself throughout an experienced actor in every word and every motion, portraying his character with better effect than any of the others, excepting, perhaps, Mr. Riddle. The selection of Mr. J. J. Hayes to play the part of the aged and blind priest of Zeus, was probably as good a one as could have been made, as his voice and manner were exactly suited to such a character. Later in the play, however, as the Shepherd, he showed some room for improvement. His utterances were too stiff and forced to sound natural...
...oversight the janitor of that building did not know that the hour examination was to be held, and therefore did not heat the building. During the mid-year examinations the college will do everything possible to heat the building. We are glad to see that the authorities are not blind to the comfort of students, as many are apt to think. There certainly was ground for complaint in the fact that a large number of men were compelled to sit during a cold day in a room which had not been heated for several days, and it is very fortunate...