Word: curiously
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...volume of bound music in the college library is a song called "Father Abbey's Will," which has a curious history. The words were written in 1730, and represent the various donations of Father Abbey, or, as the college records show, of Father Abdy, the originator of that famous system of "goodies" with which every student has since had experience. On the first page of the song are these words : "Cambridge, Dec., 1730. Some time since died Mr. Matthew Abbey in a very advanced age; he had for a great number of years served the college in the quality...
Nightly, to one seated in the theatre, a wondrous spectacle is presented, and a spectacle, too, that would amply repay the curious any trouble of witnessing. Whenever the panorama of beauty and talent is on the stage, soloists sink into insignificance; chorus and music are alike forgotten, and the attention of every one is fixed on what are generally supposed to be the minor parts of an opera, but are so no longer. No; a revolution has taken place, and hereafter, thanks to the tender watchfulness of Harvard, the "supe" will be the great attraction. The examples of the success...
...factor in the organization of the system. The means taken to gratify this desire are not universally the same but vary in different countries. But, unquestionably, tobacco is the most prominent of the narcotic substances and is the most generally used, especially with the civilized world. A curious fact in regard to tobacco is that wherever means have been taken to prevent its use, it will be found to have acquired the stronger hold. Noticeably is this so in Russia, where formerly the punishment for the first offence was a whipping, for the second, death; and in England, where...
...executive committee of the Annex, which has just been made public, is full of interest to all students at Harvard. Where we are so nearly concerned as we are in this matter, it is but natural that a statement from the authorities of the Annex should be scanned with curious and critical eyes, to enable us to discover what are the arguments advanced and the changes proposed...
...little or no importance in the practical work of the colleges. The University of Michigan offers no systematic religious training whatever, and much less compels any one to conform to any requirements for attendance at religious exercises. At Cornell we believe the same is true. It is a curious fact that these are the two most prominent examples of university co-education in this country. It may be that the fact is significant and that here may be found a cogent argument either for or against the introduction of co-education at Harvard and Columbia...