Word: gooding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...when the conditions under which he wrote are considered. His prose was written in defence of the very life and liberty of the English people at a time when everything was at fever heat, and when it was hardly possible to write composedly and coolly. Though not as good as his poetry, Milton's prose has not received the attention due it by scholars; it has been slighted because it calls to account king, church, council, and common law. This prose should be read especially by Americans, because it is one of the forerunners of their liberty. In Paradise Lost...
...existence twenty crews competed in the races, while this fall only twelve crews rowed. Several dormitories or dormitory groups hitherto represented were not able to get out crews either form a lack of interest or from a lack of tolerable material. Either the dormitory is not a good unit for scrub rowing, or the general interest in popular rowing is waning...
Formerly, the men of the detective department were recruited from the police force by a civil service examination. Once the applicant had passed it, he was a member of the force for good. This absurd method has now been changed and the selection of the detective, as well as his dismissal, depends wholly on the commissioner. He has also been given the right to promote any detective, with the result that a far greater activity has been recently shown in this work. During a certain period in 1906, 2000 men were arrested and 300 convicted; during the same space...
...MORNING PRAYER. Rev. James G. K. McClure, D.D., LL.D. Topic: "Standing by Good Men." Appleton Chapel...
...register at the time set for that purpose, may be required to pay to the Bursar a fee of $5 before being permitted to register. Payment of this fee does not preclude action by either of the administrative boards in the cases of students who register late. Students in good standing, living at a very considerable distance, who will be granted an extension of time at the beginning of the recess, may learn the exact amount by petitioning the recorder. No other students are excused from any of their appointments. No student to whom an extension of the recess...