Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...already begun in earnest to advertise her second game with Yale. Large posters printed in blue and red have been put up, and cards, smaller in size, have been placed in horse-cars and store windows. The men on the nine are working hard with the view of winning the game next Saturday. Even now the freshman nine has made a good showing with Yale, and there is no reason why, with steady practice, '85 should not win the game. Certainly as much real enterprise and enthusiasm has been manifested by the freshmen as has been seen for many years...
...means our chief aim. We share fully the belief of those who look forward confidently to a time when New York shall hold the literary primacy of our country, as indisputably as now the commercial. But this goal is not to be reached at once, nor without earnest, patient effort. Little by little centres of literary activity must be formed and their growth fostered...
...immediate organization of the school at Athens, to be opened Oct. 2d, 1882, under the superintendence of Prof. Goodwin for the coming year. In a former issue we have given the government and the scope of the school, as well as the extraordinary opportunities which it offers for earnest scholars. The school year will extend from October 1st to June 1st, and studies during this time are to be prosecuted in Greece. There will be no fees whatsoever, but students will be obliged to live at their own expense or upon scholarships from their respective colleges. The probable expense...
...What earnest appeals we have from social moralists for the recovery of that lost art, "the old-fashioned girl," the girl who didn't wear bangs, nor high-heels, nor pull-backs; the girl who sewed, cooked and swept, instead of reading love novels and, like Boccacio, living them, as do the trifling flirts of today...
...given out, and the general fineness of distinction and finesse of the marking system may be seen from the fact that second place is distinguished from third by about one-thousandth of a point, a difference which only a very subtle mind can comprehend, and only then when an earnest study of infinitesimals has been made...