Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...there were no special laboratories at Harvard during these years, it is difficult to understand how chemistry and physics and the other sciences were taught. When Professor Cooke was first appointed a full professor he was unusully young and unexperienced, but it was owing to his zeal and energy that the first chemical laboratory was instituted. It was in the northwestern basement of University Hall, the northeastern basement being occupied by a baker's shop. Professor Cooke first ousted the baker in extending his laboratory, and a year or two later obtained more convenient quarters upstairs, effecting many of these...
Undoubtedly the hit of the evening was scored by H. Schurz in his humorous description of "The Drama" as he had observed it. Among the other speeches it would be difficult to say which was the best, though perhaps the class poem by H. T. Nichols, and R. C. Davis's speech on "Debating" excelled...
...work in the cage is progressing slowly. The sliding seems to be difficult to master, and there are still the elementary faults of awkward fielding and careless throwing which must be remedied. The squad as a whole lacks snap, and the men seem to be afraid of expending any more effort than is actually necessary...
...other masterpieces in that particular form of drama: Corneille's Polyeucte and Racine's Phedre, the one the finest sacred tragedy, the other the finest profane tragedy. We are to have the opportunity of seeing the latter performed by the greatest modern actress. The part of Phedre is consummately difficult: Mme. Sarah Bernhardt plays it to perfection. She has gained in it the unanimous applause of the most exacting critics and of every admirer of Racine...
...task of breaking up this system was very difficult. The old buildings had to be reconstructed, the apparatus remodelled and a radical change had to be made in the theories of Hygienic Education, and recreative and remedial exercises had to be devised. These were obtained through gymnastic sports, plays, free movements, developing appliances and massage...