Word: contentedly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...between this school and that connected with the Boston University. The latter undoubtedly enjoys the great advantage of close proximity to the U. S. Courts; but there is a danger that this attraction may draw the student from his regular study and, on the whole, the Harvard professors are content to have the undivided time and attention of their pupils. The methods of the two schools differ widely. The Boston school teaches the principles of the law by lectures and refers the student to cases for illustration, while the Harvard professor teaches the principles of the law from the cases...
...suggestion of Prof. Dunbar a new course in French was established at the beginning of the present college year, designed principally to be taken as an extra by men who could not possibly find room for a more extended French course, but who were not content with the knowledge of the language they had acquired before admission to college. This course is French V., being substituted for the one of the same name conducted last year by Mr. Bendelari. It requires no work outside of the classroom from those who take it, and the work done is highly interesting...
...just rights of boarders at the hall and to provide sufficient provisions for each meal. There is besides, a standing rule that the articles of fare shall not be sent down until seven minutes after the expiration of the hour - a rule that was here clearly violated. Not content with disregarding all previous criticisms and restraint ineffectually imposed, the steward now goes one step farther and arbitrarily interferes with a man's right to his meals. In the language of the Advocate, and echoed by many sufferers, "The steward must...
...immediate result the men show a decidedly greater interest in the task before them. This good result will surely be followed by others of equal importance. The work now being done is light in comparison with what will be required after the mid-years. At present the crew content themselves with a short pull of about three hundred strokes and a run of half a mile and back up the avenue, beside going through the first course on the chest weights. This amount of work will be gradually increased until the semis are over, when the crew will be ready...
...Agassiz of our committee has already written to a member of the Yale committee, and is now awaiting a reply. Mr. Hammond also spoke of Yale's employing a professional coach, saying that Harvard would not take a very decided stand against Yale's method, but would simply content herself with making a protest...