Word: closing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...return to the discussion of style. Of the many circumstances which contribute to the formation of a style, reading is but one. Desultory reading, if care is not exercised, will almost invariably induce a looseness of handling in writing and a lack of distinct expression. A close study of the very first masters of English prose is, perhaps, the only means open to students who cannot afford to gain the cultivation offered by the composition courses. Even among standard authors a choice should be made. This is a point, however, which each student must exercise his individual taste. But upon...
Skin and mucous membrane are of very similar construction, and a very close sympathy exists between them; thus a disease of the mucous membrane may spread to the skin, and vice versa. The outer layer of the epidermis is being continually cast off. The temperature of health, says Sir Erasmus Wilson, is a genial summer over the whole surface, and when that exists the system cannot be otherwise than well. This agreeable warmth of the skin must be maintained by food, by clothing, by exercise, and by washing. The material of which the clothing is made has much...
There will be an hour examination in Philosophy 1 on April 3. The work of the course beginning with Socrates and ending with the close of ancient philosophy will be the subject of the examination...
...degree of bachelor of philosophy will be conferred at the close of the first year upon all such students of the school as shall have successfully completed the studies of the year...
Yale students have voted to adopt a plan, proposed by a faculty committee, which will close recitations at 4 o'clock on all days except Saturday, and on the latter...