Word: effective
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Gardiner and James Cody, will commence an engagement at the Columbia tonight, presenting here for the first time this pronounced comedy success, "The New Boy." "The New Boy" is a comedy in three acts by Arthur Law of London, and the author has reached the very climax of farcical effect. It was first produced in London nearly two years ago and is still being presented at the Vaudeville, Theatre, where it was originally done. It is entirely dissimilar in construction and locality to any of the humorous plays lately presented in this country and as a study of laughter...
...phrases as "brute instincts which they have been sedulously cultivating," "animal gratifications," and the like, indicate an attitude of mind the opposite of candid or dignified. It may be that we are taking the Nation too seriously, and that the expressions we quote are acknowledged hyperpolae, assumed for rhetorical effect. Admitting that, we cannot see that there is any increase of dignity...
...other hand, it should not be forgotten that the practice of admission to advanced standing in the College has lately increased; so that many degrees of Bachelor of Arts are now conferred upon persons who have not completed a residence of four years. This fact more than counterbalances the effect on the other side of the account of the short periods of minimum residence for the degrees of Master of Arts (one year) and Doctor of Philosophy (two years...
...vegetable products useful to man. Thus space will be afforded for the illustrations which are designed to exhibit all of the relations of plants to each other and to their surroundings. Probably it will require at least two years more for the installation of the specimens which show the effect of differences in soil and exposure upon the forms of plants...
...cheating and should be desisted from accordingly. In one college a mass meeting was held to condemn the same offence, and in another, in the East, the custom has recently been in-introduced of making a student sign a declaration at the end of his examination book to the effect that he has not given or received help, as if otherwise he could not be put on his honor...