Word: felting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...remarks made by the "Well-wisher" about Professor Goodwin are concerned, it need only be said that the society are perfectly well satisfied with his work at Athens and congratulate themselves on their success in gaining him for the first director. No less confidence is felt in Prof. Packard of Yale, who is to succeed him. In conclusion we wish to call attention to the need of a permanent fund to ensure the continuance of the work began under such favorable auspices...
...true that these conclusions are not strikingly original, but, backed as they are by the author's extensive investigations, they carry a very considerable weight. Many curious habits of students and writers are detailed. When Littre, the French philosopher, felt the strain upon his system produced by continuous thought he repaired his natural forces with doses of fruit, jelly or jam, pots of which he kept conveniently at hand in his study. Gladstone eschews tobacco and only drinks light wines. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes prefers an entirely undisturbed and unclouded brain for mental work, unstimulated by anything stronger than...
...final effects of the plan that was first tried some years ago by the university, of holding entrance examinations at other cities, and particularly Western cities, are probably not often fully appreciated by Harvard men. It is true that no very marked effects have yet been felt from this policy, but any immediate increase of the influx of students to Harvard from these cities and the adjoining country is not to be expected. The adoption of the same plan by Yale, and more lately by some of the smaller New England colleges, has naturally acted somewhat as a check upon...
...disabled steamship City of Chester, concerning the safety of which anxiety has been felt for several days, arrived safely at Halifax yesterday afternoon in tow of the Missouri...
...felt rather blue...