Word: greatness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...construct a mnemonic chain. The idea of mnemonic series is not a new one, and at first glance it seems doubtful whether this method will prove of more service than the others that have been suggested. To most minds the effort required to memorize a mnemonic chain is as great as that in learning the original...
...team was well supported by nearly seventy-five men who went up to watch the match. The match was a great success in every way and the Shooting club is to be congratulated on the way in which the tournament was gotten up and carried...
...team, and the others played well straight through. There is one point, nevertheless, in which the nine must make vast improvement if they hope to make a creditable showing. We refer to the batting, which was deplorably weak. Unless the nine make a great advance in this particular their chances for success are indeed slight...
...receive sufficient money this year to carry it through free from debt. It is most important that the current expenses of each year be paid the same year, for nothing is more burdensome and discouraging to a new manager than a debt carried over the long vacation. By a great effort last year the club was put upon a sound financial basis and that basis must be preserved. It will be much easier to keep free from debt than to overcome it, should it be allowed again to accumulate. The receipts of the Boat club come wholly from the generosity...
...practical joke which was attempted yesterday by sending out a number of bogus dean's summonses, was a piece of smartness which calls for severe condemnation. Fortunately the attempt was only partially successful, for the deception was discovered early in the day. As it was, it resulted in a great deal of inconvenience at the college office he joke had not even the merit of being funny and for silliness and freshness it would be hard to match...