Word: displays
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...truly gratifying. Some have heretofore erroneously supposed that a college meeting like this is held primarily for the benefit of the collegians themselves rather than for the exclusive satisfaction of the patrons of the professional field, and that a college meeting is a peculiarly appropriate occasion for the display of college enthusiasm. How absurd such a notion is it is not necessary to explain...
...Brooklyn bridge was formally and successfully opened to the public yesterday, with appropriate ceremonies. Orations were delivered by the Hon. Abram S. Hewitt and the Rev. R. S. Storrs. Speeches were also made by the mayors of New York and Brooklyn. A grand pyrotechnic display occurred in the evening, followed by a public reception to the President and other distinguished guests...
...frequently objected by the upholders of the old system that the student, when left to himself, will choose injudiciously, and will choose easy courses. Those who put forward these arguments as of any real weight only display thereby their own ignorance of the subject. The average age of the Harvard sophomore is something over 20 years, while he is limited in his choice, first by the rule that he must take only such courses as his previous studies qualify him to pursue, and, second, by the advice of his parents and instructors. If one who lacks only four or five...
...suit - what display...
...rule, examinations are not regarded by the outside world as occasions on which a display of humor may be expected. But if exceptions prove the rule, then may examinations claim to afford a very rich fund of ludicrous incidents. One of the frequent causes of humor at examinations is of course the ignorance of candidates. A person was once asked the question at an Oxford examination, "Who was Esau?" "Esop," said he, "was a man who wrote fables, and who sold the copyright to a publisher for a bottle of potash!" Another student was asked to give some account...