Word: eves
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...time be changed to an earlier date. There are many men who, usually faithful in attendance at the lectures, are accustomed to leave college a few days before the expiration of the term. This enables them to reach home a few days before Christmas instead of at Christmas Eve. There are but few men who cannot as well spare these last few days from study; an hour examination compels them to loaf around Cambridge, thinking of home until they have satisfied their own consciences and the exactions of the instructors. We hope that all such instructors will bear this...
...Rich L. S. continued for the nagative. He said the tendency was towards there being two parties of about equal power, and a small third party holding the balance of power. At the eve of an election this third party would have an enormous importance and would cause far increased bribery and corruption...
...game at New York, in which time the constitution stated that the two leading teams of previous years shall play at New York, in which to come to her present conclusion, we do not feel in any way under obligations to grant any possible change of position on the eve of the promised contest...
...Fewkes then spoke for an hour in an informal manner, avoiding technical terms and trying to interest eve the youngest. He gave a general idea of the habits and functions of the common star-fishes found in Massachusetts Bay and on the New England coast. He then told in simple language how the animals see, and illustrated the appearance of their eyes by drawings. Then he described the way in which a star-fish eats and how he opens the shells of oysters. The various kinds of locomotion were next described and the system of suckers, or ambulacral feet shown...
TUTORING in Political Economy 1; also (with seminar on eve of examination) in Pol. Econ. 4, History...