Word: curiously
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Communication corrects the mis-statement in Mr. Fuller's article in the October number. The Month is a curious compilation of facts chiefly left over from the last issue. It also includes a summary of the foot ball games, the finances of the athletic clubs, and some advance sheets of the catalogue. It these items and a description of the new janitor system saw "the broader livers of development in the university," the Month is fulfilling its announced purpose...
...Right or Wrong" is an episode from the Civil War; although the idea is not new the story is related so charmingly that the reader cannot help enjoying it. "The Adventures of an Evening" is a curious bit of fancy; although well told, somehow or other is unsatisfactory, perhaps because the reader does not know what the pretty young woman said in a low tone. "The Death and Spoiling of Tiresias" it is a story from Thebeau history; as a story it recommends itself to the reader, but the style is rather heavy. "The Siege of Xavier de Chateaufort...
...this principle have been made. For instance, composite photographs have been made of people suffering from a particular disease as a guide for doctors in forming a diagnosis. The effect of different studies such as mathematics and natural history on a face may be observed. If is a curious fact that a composite photograph is generally more beautiful than any one of the component pictures. Dr. Bowditch suggested that another valuable application of the art would be for every photographer to keep on hand negatives of selected persons, so that a man when having his picture taken could order...
...curious and important fact that in the list of courses given in the college there has never been an elementary course in astronomy. Why this has been we cannot lerstand. There may have been a time when a course in astronomy was not in demand, was not necessary in our University, but this has long since passed away. At the present time at least an elementary knowledge of astronomy is essential in a liberal and broad education, and especially in the study of the various sciences and their theories...
...number is Mr. Warren's "Oxford to a Harvard Man." It is merely a sketch of a ramble through the old university town but it contains an entertaining account of the boating life of the university and a charming description of Magdalen College with its quaint old buildings and curious customs The college feeling at Oxford is well contrasted with the class and university feeling here. The article is brightly written, but is marred by errors in composition, due evidently, to haste in writing...