Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...economizes the mental forces to an undue extent, and withdraws them from that expansive bed they are inclined to seek in order to concentrate them in a narrow channel wherein flows the current of their routine duties and shallow ambition. The routine work of a college is worth little except to suggest and direct to broader fields of study. For that the library affords the opportunity. The student should reinforce his prescribed work with judicious and extensive reading. He should read around all the subjects that come before him in the regular course of his study, so far as possible...
...reading the Gul through I never came across anything of the kind except perhaps on the sophomore class which is always "ground" in what ever annual you may come accross, except, perhaps, that exceeding "simple" one of Harvard...
...morning at his opening the scripture and prayer, so also at the 5th hour at night, and then give an account of his own private reading." This was done, "seeing the entrance of the word giveth light," and "it also giveth understanding to the simple." All undergraduates, except freshmen, were required to read in the Old Testament from the Hebrew into the Greek. This brought about a series of troubles and slight revolts which finally led to the abolishing of all translation in the chapel. The services in the chapel were marked by some curious features. After morning prayer...
Last year the bicycle race at the inter-collegiate meeting was a miserable failure. The men were started in two rows and by some mishap every man fell except two; two more managed to mount, and the race was finally won by one of those who had fallen, in very slow time. Such a fiasco must not happen next year, yet there will be a greater number of starters than this year, and the only way to run a two mile race will be in two or more heats, and a final heat. But a race run in heats...
Entries for the bandicap university meeting will close at 10 o'clock tonight, except that the executive committee reserve the right to enter a limited number of freshmen at any time before Wednesday evening. Entries may be made to F. S. Parker, 44 M., in writing or in person, and with all entries for both freshman and handicap meetings one dollar for each person must be enclosed...