Word: curiously
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this concert was unusually large, it being impossible to procure a seat in any part of the house two days before the date of the performance. The coming western tour of the Glee and Banjo Clubs probably accounts for the unusual interest taken in their concert, the public being curious to know how Harvard is to be represented in the west...
...been made to furnish better music than usual for the dancing in Memorial Hall after the concert. But even with good music, the dancing will be as much of a failure to-morrow night as before, unless some action is taken to keep the floor clear from the curious crowd of lookers-on, who monopolize every inch of space and render dancing impossible from the start...
Professor Royce of Harvard followed with the report of the committee on Phantasms and Presentiments. His report embraced four types of cases, which he characterizes as follows: First comes the cases that possess only a subjective interest, as illustrating curious events in the inner life of some people. Secondly, I shall describe a few experiments that are probably to be explained as instances of what is generally called "unconscious cerebration." Thirdly, I shall give a part of the evidence of the existence of a not generally recognized species of mental experience, which stimulates presentiment, but which is not presentiment. Finally...
...Harvard eleven defeated the Dartmouth team yesterday afternoon by a score of 74-0. The Dartmouth men played a curious game, their three backs bunching close behind the quarter-back and breaking through the centre of the rush line together. Their play was effective, rarely gaining for them less than three yards, and often five or eight. The reason the Harvard team could not stop these rushers better lay in the fact that all the men were very slow in getting through, and all tackled high. The offensive game of the Harvard team was the best that it has played...
...class of '92 at the Annex has elected the following officers: President, Miss Breed: vice-president, Miss Hale; secretary, Miss Donnovan, The regular students of this class have taken a curious stand for which it would be bard to find a precedent. They do not recognize the special students as members of their class, and do not allow them to vote or have anything to say about class matters, although there are only seven regulars and eighteen or twenty specials...