Word: compendium
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...present number, Lampy offers its own compendium of Cantabrigian notables; a sort of Almanach de Gotha (or de Goats); a miniature Burke's Steerage of Cambridge. The Ruling Classes of the University are there, from the President himself down to the office attendants, and from George Washington Cram to George Washington Terry. No mercy is shown; the Horrible Truth has been divulged. Whispers have run about already that a certain professor was a bit dull, that another loved the truth better than the American revolutionists, and that a certain young lady connected with U9 excelled in personal pulchritude. The facts...
...Sargent has succeeded in doing a hard job well. He has so interwoven and proportioned facts of antiquity, descriptions of old houses, historical data, present-day industrial notations, descriptions of natural features and directions to motorists, that what might well have been a dry-as-dust compendium is filled with lively interest. And to this is added an arrangement so carefully worked out, an index so complete and cross-references so accurate that the Handbook makes an unusually convenient reference-book...
Heading the editorials is a bit of touchingly sincere self-congratulation on the part of the outgoing board, pardonable, perhaps, under the circumstances. As a handy compendium of high school valedictories. "Another Fledgling Leaves the Nest" is without equal. The closing lines could not but touch the heart of the most cynical, nor is the wealth of advice contained in them less astounding when one considers that such profound knowledge of the world comes from an under-classman...
...University catalogue has been delayed because of changes in statements of a few of the Graduate Schools. The book, however, will go on sale at all book stores in the Square immediately after the Christmas recess at the price of 50 cents. The volume is the most complete compendium of all information concerning the departments, rules, regulations, scholarships, etc., of the University that is issued...
...Noyes, pp. 32; "Scientific Propagation," by J. H. Noyes, pp. 32; "Paul's Prize," by J. H. Noyes, pp. 16; "Bible Communism," 1853, pp. 128; "The Oneida Community," 1848-1901, by G. N. Miller, pp. 20; "The Oneida Community, 1912, by G. W. Noyes, pp. 31; "The Berean," (a compendium of theological views) 1847, pp. 504; and "Home Talks," 1875, by J. H. Noyes...