Word: contentedly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...found an outlet in the rather unsatisfactory rush will now be turned into a more legitimate channel, and will be a benefit rather than a detriment to the college. The energetic way in which the freshmen have set to work serves to show that eighty-nine will not be content with the bottom position in the list of classes...
...RUNNING HIGH JUMP.There were five entries, Fogg, Clark, and Atkinson of Harvard, W. B. Page, '87, U. of Penn; and G. Richards, '87, Columbia. For the first time in several years, Harvard, instead of taking first and second places, had to be content with bringing up the rear. Page won the event by a jump of 5 ft. 10 1-2 in. Atkinson and Richards tied for second place at 5 ft. 9 3 4 in. In jumping off, Atkinson failed to clear 5 ft, 7 1-4 in. which Richards did, thus winning second prize...
...verse-making, except as an extra in the higher forms. Greek, too, as a compulsory subject is doomed, and all the head masters in England cannot save it. This, we know, is a debatable question, and we should like to argue it out, but here we must be content to dogmatic...
reading the summary of the report, one's attention cannot fail to be attracted by the portion devoted to the description of the proposed alterations in Gore Hall. After the long years during which our students have been compelled to content themselves with the antiquated reading-room accommodations afforded by our library, it is pleasant, to say the least, to learn that any improvement has even been thought of by the authorities. The suggestion of providing suitable accommodations for those students who are not resident at the university is a valuable one. Such provision for "day students," would, in effect...
...monkish chronicles and the legends of saints are full of the Devil, who suddenly becomes a very active member of society. He is now a rather contemptible, mischievous fellow. His primary object is to entrap human souls; but if not successful in making holy men sin, he is content, nevertheless, for he at least makes them miserably uncomfortable. He is always playing tricks upon the unwary, in which he is usually discomfited. A typical example of the Devil in the literature of this time is found in the story of his persecution of St. Dunstan. He was constantly visitting...