Word: evenness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...exceptionably good, not only for general reading but for historical references. The book just issued proves to be in no wise inferior to the previous volumes. To mention the subject "The third Crusade of the Christians under Richard I of England" is enough at once to awaken an interest even in the casual reader, The doings of the doughty Richard Coeur de Lion, have always possessed that romantic air of mystery which surrounds the period of the middle ages; and in Mr. Archer's volume is given an account of his deeds in the east at the time...
...seen that hree more games remain to be played Two between the Juniors and Sophomores, and one between the sophomores, and one between the sophomores and Freshmen. It is to be hoped that those games will be played and the schedule completed, even though they do not materially effect the standing. The following men compose the Junior nine, Akin. c., Butterworth, p.; McKean, 1b.; McCoy, 2b.; Barney. 3b.; Bates, s. s.; Codman, l. f.; Piper, c. f.; Faulkner, r. f. Cups will be given to the winners...
...however, Newark getting twelve hits with a total of seventeen. The nine as a whole still lack the ability to make quick decisions and allow men to get bases at times when there is no excuse for it. By this time every man ought to know what to do, even if there are three men on bases. Another fact is noticeable. In nearly every game so far there has been one disastrous inning when the 'varsity seem to lose control of themselves and the opposing team makes anywhere from three to seven rurs. The necessity of more care at such...
...annual reports presented at the annual meeting of the Harvard Union last evening show an encouraging progress in the society during the part year. The need of a debating society in the college is so well recognized that a blow which might have proved fatal to another organization produced but little effect upon the Union, and even this has almost entirely disappeared. The attendance showed a marked increase over last year, and the debates have been not always confined to the principal disputants, as often happened formerly, but shared with animation by the other members. If the Union continues...
...everything connected with their life proves this. The language is very simple, the vocabulary being extremely limited: there are no general words, as the natives do not make the simplest generalization; whole ideas are expressed by single words, and everything marks a primitive phase of human life. This is even more clearly shown in their weapons and other instruments. The civil customs are similar to those of other people who rank low in civilization. Their religious ideas are very limited; there is no idolatry among the Australians, but their few religions conceptions take the form of the lowest superstitions...